Chapter Thirty-Three
Searon pushed everybody to their limits, even himself. Everyone followed him without question, even those who were in doubts only days before. There wasn’t anyone who didn’t grow weary, but they all kept their mouths shut. They knew it would be more important to reach the city in time. Many of those men were kin to those in the cities and villages of the south. The rest had already developed friendships with those of the south and were welcoming them to their homes and pubs for feasts in the north after destroying draeyks.
Most of their journey stayed silent because using breath would be using too much energy which could better be conserved for travel. Searon had a hard time staying behind with his men when Stripes could gallop faster than any of the men could run. H
