Chapter 26

• ARIA
• Nyssa moved with a light, almost bouncing step as she left the timber cabin behind. I followed close at her heels, my eyes scanning her for any sign of the large knife she had been holding just moments before.
• It had simply vanished. A more curious idea pushed its way forward. Did she have other blades hidden somewhere on her person? I imagined her giving a sudden turn and a small arsenal of sharp, metal things tumbling from her clothes to the dirt path.