“They can handle it.”
“Going the long way around will only
increase the exhaustion,” Lorcan said.
“The last we heard,” Rowan said, “Morath
held Perranth.” A pained wince from Elide at
that. “We won’t risk crossing too close to it.
Not when it would mean potentially getting
entangled in a conflict that would only delay
our arrival in Orynth and thin our numbers.”
“I’ve looked at the maps a dozen times.”
Gavriel frowned to where they were laid out
on the worktable. “There’s no alternative way
to Orynth—not without drawing too close to
Perranth.”
“Perhaps we’ll be lucky,” Fenrys said, “and
this storm will have hit the entire North.
Maybe freeze some of Morath’s forces for
us.”
Rowan doubted they’d be that lucky. He
had a feeling that any luck they possessed had
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