CHAPTER ELEVEN MIRA Laila looked at me, “We go?” I glanced at Alénia and Ree before nodding. “We go.” After putting my socks and boots back on, we shouldered our small packs and started on from the peaceful pool. I thought briefly about how nice it would have been to just sit and relax for a few days, but I’d already lost too much time at Odaro. I was curious about Laila. It was pretty obvious that Impané were what humans on Earth would call an imp. As far as I could recall, imps were supposed to be some kind of minor demon. That made me wonder if demons were real too, but I dismissed the question. It wasn’t relevant to our situation. She might look like a little devil, but she didn’t come off that way at all. In fact, she was so amiable and cheerful it was hard not to like her, even

