Chapter 32

THE NEXT MORNING GREDEL WOKE us before dawn. The burly man had gotten over his nerves around us and we'd discovered he had a pretty good sense of humour. We simply weren't in the mood to appreciate it first thing in the morningsure, we may have had eight hours sleep, but a dozen more would have been nice.

Waking to the sudden clashing of two tin plates wasn't the best start to the day. Gredel retreated from the room at a decent pace when all our heads jerked up at the racket. Loi growled some not-so-polite words after him and a pillow flew from Sian's direction but fell short, bouncing off the edge of my cot. I dropped my head back with a groan and grinned when I heard Kassie do the same. It took another five minutes of grumbles and groans before we reluctantly climbed out of bed and shuffled around our small tent space, getting dressed and packing up.

Keeping busy almost allowed me to ignore the annoying voice in my head that mumbled about flying and heights (and lack of safety belt