Castian stopped.
He was gazing behind the three, into the distance, into the woods. They were back in the open space behind the expansive cave that housed the majority of the rogue camp, not too far from the entrance.
This time, only two fires were burning at a distance, a sharp contrast to when Chrystal first came out here after sleeping with Castian. The hideout was almost a ghost town.
“Will you lead them?” he said quietly, eyes on the distance.
Linkel stepped forward. “I will.”
“Follow when they leave. Mask your presence,” Castian remarked quietly.
“We will go ahead of them,” Linkel’s partner replied in the same tone as Castian’s.
Castian nodded.
“Alert no one within Malbarone’s walls. This is not for them to know or act upon,” he said, turning to Linkel’s fellow leader and eve
