Chapter Seventeen“We should go through town and we ought to go in two groups.” Ilys stated matter-of-factly, coming back to the huddled friends and speaking with the same blatant self-assurance she had displayed when she first appeared to them. She did begrudgingly admit that she had never shielded so many and could not guarantee they would pass entirely undetected, but she suggested taking Gairynzvl and Ayla first, along with whichever Guard they chose who would see to their protection. She would leave them at the entrance of the Braying Caverns and then return for the others.
“Is that really what you call it?” Nayina cried, fully aware of the use of the terrible place, but unable to remain silent any longer as the heaviness of despair and the weight of the gloom around them pressed down
