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Two hours later, by the light of an almost full moon, The Woodland Rover was once more drifting down the Charville River. Aware that they had only three days until the solstice, they knew that they needed to travel during the coming night if they were to make their rendezvous at the Dark Lake.
The land had trembled beneath their feet twice more before they left, but they had seen no sign of tremors since they had been out on the water. Whether this was because the earth had subsided or because the tremors couldn’t be felt through the water was uncertain. Marlene was inclined to think that they would have noticed ripples or small waves if there had been further tremors, but she was not basing her opinion on experience.
Having been in the saddle all day, Marlene was tired and retired e
