Chapter 25
Castien put a finger to his lips when he heard something move above them, his sword instantly in his hand. Theirn was right beside him, knife and dagger at the ready as the sound of the trap door opening reached them down the short tunnel.
“Is but me,” Beleg called out softly. “‘Tis dark and time for you to leave whilst you can as I saw soldiers massing at the camp,” he told them when they came to look up at him from the foot of the ladder.
“Many of them?” Theirn asked.
“More than the normal complement, yes.”
“This does not bode well for you or your village if they find we are not here,” Castien signed and mouthed with the hope Beleg understood him.
“We are prepared,” Beleg replied with a tight smile. “Other than myself all of the menfolk have gone down to the shore and as
