Lyris felt that she could breathe easier when they found Timmit. Which was a surprise as she hadn’t realised she was worried. It was good to see him alive and to know she hadn’t killed him. Arn had been her priority, and then the Princes had arrived and taken over before she’d had time to blink. The guards found him washed up at the base of the meadow, tangled in stinging vines. From what she’d heard around the campfire, he had surrendered immediately.
Arn was in the largest tent with the healer and Gregory and most of the guards were circled around a central fire pit, eating and talking to each other. Timmit was out of sight, with his own guards, nervously waiting for the return journey to Milany and his trial for treason.
‘It would have been better if he’d run,’ Kit had muttered as th
