CHAPTER 38 - KAEL

“You’re insane,” Kael said as he galloped along with Lucas and Robert, following the current of Riverchill towards the east. His legs, hips, and back hurt from their long ride. They had made no stop. Kael agreed they had to keep moving, or else the knights from the capital might catch up with them.

“Is that a compliment?” Lucas replied, the northern wind sending his trimmed hair flailing.

“You mean to get us captured again,” Kael said. “I dislike this idea, Lucas.”

“Do you, now? Or is it only that you don’t trust me with this idea of mine?”

“Obviously.”

Lucas turned his head to look at Kael. He got a confident look as if he knew exactly how it would end. “It was not wrong to not trust me, brother. But when matters of emergency and high stakes arise, you can set aside your suspicions of me … just for this tim