Chapter 3
That evening, the group, elf and human agents now congenially mingled, sat around their central campfire, and compared notes. Clay and Aron’s success in sealing one gate brought some jubilation. This added to everyone’s pleasure at the success of the military efforts against the latest invaders. In just over a week, traces of Trogues had tapered off greatly.
Soon, Alex and Manuel stopped by to report, coming from the army camp about a mile away. Haldane accompanied them. Alex strode in with Manuel appearing a second or two later, settling to the ground in his hawk shape and shifting quickly to his usual state as a young man of the Tohono O’odham people of southern Arizona. Then Haldane emerged from the twilight. He squatted beside Aron and spoke to him in the swift, liquid syll
