"You already have,” Indra remarked, “and you came out alive.”
“I would trust her with my life before I would you," Elden said, sneering back at Durs.
The group fell into a tense silence.
Drake sighed.
“So then what would you have us do?” Drake asked, turning to Thor. "Since you are leader of this mission. Would you have us all start again, follow this slave girl’s word, this stranger who we don't even know, and ignore this map from the Ring?”
Thor sat there, feeling all the eyes on him, and debated. Some part of him, deep down, felt as if something was not right with where they were going. But at the same time, he wasn't getting a clear feeling. Something was obscured. He did not know why—and that frightened him. He did not know for sure that going back was the best route. And even if
