“This looks like as good a place as any to make camp,” Seamus points to a clearing in the forest off to the right of the path they have been following. “Are you sure we shouldn’t keep going?” Kyrie asks. “We haven’t made it that far from the palace.” “The sun’s almost down, and our adversaries are creatures of darkness. We make camp.” “They never should have sent us out today,” Alastair grumbles. “Absolutely. We should have left tomorrow at dawn, after sleeping in our own beds.” Aeowyn agrees. “Although it has been a pleasant journey so far.” She and Saoirse have been flying together, with Aeowyn teaching Saoirse the names and uses of various plants unique to the fae realm; the two of them get on so well now that it’s hard for them to believe there was ever a time when they did not lik

