Chapter 29
THE WORD CAME from somewhere uphill, and went through the Knight army. “We’ve got the Queen!”
While many around him cheered, Carro went cold inside. He’d know this would come, but had hoped that it wouldn’t, that Isandor and Jevaithi had found a way out of the refugee column and were safe in Tiverius. He wanted to ask if the report was true, and if anyone knew anything about Isandor.
His eyes met Jeito’s by the faint light of the impending dawn. Jeito’s face was grim, and Carro thought of Farey’s words. Jeito had family in the camp.
He followed the others up to the commotion on the hillside.
A ring of Knights who had cornered a group of at least a hundred citizens and a truck with a trailer. Carro’s heart skipped a beat. This was the truck of the old man who had given Isand
