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"Not enough for a siege," he replied
She understood If Mill City was not to be held under siege, it must mean his people had failed to take the city
"They didn’t have an equip those troops are just for show, to help keep order in the city--to suppleain control of it"
Cade fell into a pensive silence, but even with his dire conclusions, Karigan could think only of her growling sto their midday ht her a ht in and missed Cade’s and Luke’s low but emphatic discussion, until she heard Luke say, "You spent too much time around the professor His paranoia has rubbed off on you You don’t even know if those soldiers were headed to Mill City"
Which would be worse, she thought, because that one off at all
"Look," Luke said, "we have no way of knohat’s going on You kno the Inspectors can suppress the spread of news I’ve been keeping my ears and eyes open at our stops, but I haven’t picked up anything of interest yet"
"I can’t help but worry," Cade replied
"Yes, that is the lot of those ould lead," Luke said, "and while it is coood leaderwe can do for our friends in Mill City, except fulfill our end of the plan Or at least try"
Cade’s shoulders sagged "You are right"
Luke s to Karigan, he asked, "Hoas your an realized she had devoured the whole thing, even the burned pie crust edges "Er, good" She’d eaten so fast she couldn’t even re Harley, you best eat, too We’ve a long haul ahead of us this afternoon"
Karigan’s full belly and the warently swayed As she drifted, she heard hoofbeats Hoofbeats thru her heart hammer in rhythm It was not the slow plod of theRaven whinnied, and she ca about with bleary eyes Oddly, she still heard the hooves She had not been drearew louder
She sat up in time to see horse and rider pass by The rider did not wear reen, but Inspector red Still, she knew that intent look on the man’s face as he cantered by, and his sure, coh for and hard Even in this time and place, with all she knew turned upside down, she could pick out a fellow er She reached beneath her jacket and caressed her brooch, feeling er put distance between the that by the tiht, she practically juon and nearly fell into a pile of ate<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>