“Some can't fight even when they are fit and able.” Jaden joked to his partner.
Cahal laughed at this. “Speak for yourself, old man. If you weren't in your dotage, you might even stand a chance against her.”
“Tarim? Zya?” Mavra caught them by surprise. She was looking directly at them in their place of concealment.
In an instant, Lorn had them all ducking down, and quietly moving back out of view.
“I swear that I just saw them in the trees.” Mavra said from the glade.
Footsteps betrayed the fact that Cahal and Jaden were looking.
“Don't see anything now.” Cahal said, his voice quiet.
“You sure you aren't just still caught in the heat of battle, Mother?” Jaden added.
“I saw what I saw.” Zya heard the conviction in Mavra's voice.
The guards hesitated, and then turned away.
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