Chapter 22
“What do you mean she will die?” Beleg said just loudly enough the sentries who stood at the edge of the soldiers’ camp could overhear him.
Castien appeared to speak more softly after he cast a worried glance toward the camp. Beleg nodded and then lowered his voice to reply. Castien gave a sharp tug on the rope binding Theirn’s hands and the lad pretended to stumble before moving in a weakened gait to catch up to them.
As Theirn watched while seeming to be more interested in the village than the sentries, one of them said something to the other who then hurriedly entered the camp.
“It’s working,” Theirn told Castien and Beleg moments later when he saw the one sentry return with a man who appeared to be a captain. There was a quick conversation between the three soldiers as o
