Before the hole in the palisade, waiting, were Mistle and Kayleigh, the rest of the Rats were already far ahead. All four went into a sharp, extended gallop, next to the river, the spraying water reached well above their horses’ heads. Bent over, cheeks snuggled into the manes of their horses they crossed onto the sandy rocks , then ran on through a meadow covered with lupines. Iskra, having the best horse, was ahead of them.
They entered a forest, in the humid darkness between the trunks of the beeches. They caught up to Giselher and the others, but stopped for only a moment. They crossed the forest and entered a moors, then enter a gallop again. Ciri and Kayleigh soon began to lag behind the others, the trapper mounts were unable to keep the pace with the other Rats mounts. Ciri had an
