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"If we enter the river, ill be seen!" Pen-Ilyn whispered harshly "We must turn back!"
But Lia already knew that there would be no safety that way either Certainly Dieyre would have sent boats after the used to transport soldiers silently through the wetlands
She looked at Colvin and Ellowyn, saw their faces now in the faint gliet theh the Bearden Muir safely But against an arainst so many enemies?
Goosebumps went across her arms and she realized she was cold
CHAPTER FORTY ONE:
Bleeding River
Pen-Ilyn and Colvin hauled the boat out of the river and dragged it up thethe woods for signs of soldiers Ellowyn stuht her before she fell and lifted her away fro muscles, he and Pen-Ilyn hauled the boat into the brush to hide it The Belgeneck could be seen through the screen of trees ahead, the lights flickering everytime a vessel passed in front of the torches How many had they seen already, fifty? More?
Lia went back to the boat and found Colvin tugging on his padded shirt and leather jerkin Pen-Ilyn had stored the clothes with his gear
Ellowyn shivered with cold, clutching herself, her eyes gazing at the river ahead "What e do?" she whispered to Lia
Pen-Ilyn hocked and spat "Are you sure this ork?"
Lia was tired and weary She was not sure of anything "If I were you," she said, "I would hide apart froet some sleep The army will have passed by dawn and you should be able to row back up the river to the sea If they are searching for us, they will find your boat easily Even if I wanted to hide the trail you just gouged into the mud, and I do not, it would not be hard to find They will look for our bootprints and see that ours go one way and yours another I doubt they will follow you They want us It is the best we can do for you, Pen-Ilyn"
"And where will you go?" he asked, chaffing his ar to eat
Lia scowled "If I told you, you would have infor , but he s and started away "Broke my nose and abandoned me in the middle of the accursed swamp We will probably all be eaten by snakes before dawn Or drowned in a bog Lovely"