“Now then my dear, I have a few questions of my own.” Just outside the amphitheater, past where the other council members looked on or chatted amongst themselves, Mave spotted children playing in an open

“I think it’s better than I was expecting,” Mave said, blushing as she realized she said it aloud. Jonah laughed as the others headed down, Mary jumping into a gruff, bearded man’s arms. “Daddy!” she squealed.

“There’s a lot of them but they don’t seem to be well coordinated,” Ezekiel said, his back to the tree log, a bow at the ready. “Most likely Bolt’s people, then. We’ve got to move before they surround