Even now he felt his heart beat to the drums of the Foul Legion.
“No.” He smiled at Alice. “Never been there.”
Chapter 17
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eaving the outpost behind, the Stumps spent a week traveling along a wide and seemingly abandoned road. Sedge was growing along its edge, and patches of weed could be seen popping between the cobblestones. There were almost no people, and the air was filled with an oppressive sense of unease. The sky was different, too, even though they were barely a week of riding away from the border with Bistrita. It seemed low and heavy, and it brought a chill that made Alice wrap her emerald cloak tighter around herself despite it being summer on the Continent.
“Are you okay?” Tul asked, turning to her.
She just nodded and gripped her wand tight until her knuckles turn
