Desa crept out from behind a small house. Night had fallen on Bekala, bringing with it a biting chill that promised the swift arrival of a long winter. What she wouldn’t give to use the Heat-Sources that she had sewn into her coat. But that would be a grave mistake. Any Field Binder would sense the presence of an active Infusion, and if Isara had turned some of them to her side…
The street was clear and silent, the houses shut up tight with no lights in their windows. Were the people just gone? She could use the Ether to check, but enemy Field Binders would detect that as well.
Melissa Carlson followed her out of the alley, but the girl froze, pressing her back against the wall of a house and staying out of the light. When she finally concluded that it was safe, she hurried to join Desa
