Auris started moving, pulling the other two along. They pressed forward as before, fearing with each step. Waiting for doom to arrive any minute. The fear clogged her mind so much she could barely think, but for this, she didn’t need to. She only needed to go, go, get far away—
It felt like forever before Auris stopped short, finally realizing something.
“What are you doing?” Raidi said. “We have to keep going. There’s no telling how far the goblins will search for—”
“They aren’t coming,” Auris said. Suddenly certain that it was true.
“What?” Shain asked. “We heard them say—”
“That they’d let loose goblins on the forest, yes. To one of us, one of their captives. To make her tell them how many of us there are. They were just scaring her. The other group we met in the forest didn’t give
