Zoar led the way through the path. The farther we walked the denser the trees grew and the tighter the path became. Zoar walked alone followed by Ash and the captured man he wasn’t even hesitating about being caught. That scared me more than anything else, he behaved as if he had already won, and I could only wonder just what that meant.
Adrian walked close beside me and Angel nestled in my arms glared at the Prince every so often, Ash’s Phoenix flew behind us keeping an eye on our path of retreat. The cabbit craned his neck to glance up at me and climbed onto my shoulder so he could whisper in my ear. “Are you sure you trust Zoar?” He demanded. “You know what he is.”
I nodded. “I know, but I still consider him an ally.”
Angel grunted. “He’s taken advantage of you, and yet you still do
