“Still nothing?” The wizard of the Life Order asked as he stretched muscles cramped from sleeping on a hard floor.
“The evil has not passed over us again, therefore I maintain that the Witch Finder"s creature is in another part of the world.” Ispen shifted his position against the wall, trying to get a better view of the sky without exposing himself.
“Patience my friend. Obrett will tell us when it is safe. He will have good reason for us to stay here.”
Ispen grunted in reply, and went back to daydreaming of the great river that crossed the countryside from his mountain city to the sea.
It was not until much later that day that they finally got word. Ispen had given up watching, and gone to sleep, and Jacob was wandering aimlessly around the cavern.
“Time to go.” Came words that origi
