Kazi didn't look at him. She couldn't afford the distraction of his eyes—the way they softened when they landed on her, even now, in the mouth of a trap. "They expect us to run for Tor's Watch. If we turn now, we lose the high ground." "We aren't running," Jase reminded her. "We're hunting."
Jase stood beside her, his shoulder brushing hers. The tension of the fight was gone, replaced by the heavy reality of what came next. "The word is kept, Kazi." "Always," she replied. Palabra De Ladrones Mary E Pearson epub
"We have what we need," she said, looking at the marks indicating the hidden outposts. Kazi didn't look at him
The soldiers marched into the choke point, their armor clanking—a symphony of overconfidence. Kazi waited until the captain reached the center mark. She didn't signal with a shout; she signaled with a stone, dropped perfectly into the center of their path. Chaos erupted. If we turn now, we lose the high ground
As the first torchlight flickered at the base of the trail, they moved. They didn't move like soldiers; they moved like ghosts. Kazi scaled the rock face with fluid, silent precision, her breath shallow and even. Below, Jase vanished into the brush, a predator in his own territory.