Kingdom of Ash

Chaol and the others were now meeting with
the breeders and wranglers who had been left
behind.
Yrene didn’t want to know more than that,
and Chaol had not offered any other insight
into how they’d be extracting information
from the men.
“Hopefully something worth our visit to
this awful place,” Yrene muttered, then
drained the rest of her tea. The sooner they
left, the better.
It was as if the gods were laughing at her—
at them both. A knock on the wagon doors had
Elide limping toward them, just before Borte
appeared. Her face uncharacteristically
solemn.
Yrene braced herself, but it was Elide
whom the ruk rider addressed.
“You’re to come with me,” Borte said
breathlessly. Behind the girl, Arcas waited, a