Chapter 33

Mara's POV

Captain Orsik was waiting at the north road with two horses and the expression of a father one sentence away from violence.

"She is going to Black Gorge," he said before I had both feet out of the carriage.

"How do you know?"

"When she was six, her mother took her there during the spring migration. There is an old garrison bell marker on the ridge. Lena still goes there when she wants to think."

Ronan handed me a heavier coat. "Tamsin found tracks heading east. Orsik is probably right."

"I am always right about my daughter."

Ronan looked at him. "That is statistically unlikely."

Orsik did not appreciate the attempt at humor.

We reached Black Gorge