After a quick look through the back gate, Felan teleported Lex and Tonio into the yard behind Geoffrey’s house. All was still and silent. They could see the fountain, looking desolate in the silvery light of the quarter moon above them.
::Dona. Khilo omin’.:: Lex spoke in their minds in Elven, as planned. They had decided there was less chance of Geoffrey knowing what was being said if, the gods forbid, he was there and aware of their presence. Felan knew Lex had said, ‘Be silent’ and ‘Follow me.’ The team often used simple Elven phases this way when they were going up against an enemy, as long as the enemy themselves weren’t elves.
They stayed on the lawn rather than the paths as they moved stealthily to the fountain, each man keeping his particular senses open for any sign that their p
