Malcolm glided into view on silent feet, and approached them with next to no noise at all. Joleen turned to him. “Malcolm, the night we were almost caught…”
“No. There weren"t. And no, it wouldn"t have affected anything save those after us,” he pre-empted her with his quiet voice. “Now, a bit of advice for the pair of you. If there were anybody trying to find us, and I still believe that there are, they will not need magic when they have the sound of your voices to follow.” With that, Malcolm disappeared off down the trail, leaving a couple of suitably chastised and very embarrassed people in his wake.
The day dragged on without a single peep of Malcolm. Joleen assured Keldron in whispers that he was close by, and at times he thought he could sense something stronger with his link to the
