Chapter Ten

Denai was riding directly into the sun’s glaring rays.  She leaned forward in the saddle -far enough to take advantage of the shadows cast by the leaves of the few trees that had managed to regain enough life in them to produce a decent foliage cap- in hopes of getting a more focused look at the couple standing on the boulder. If she was seeing correctly, it was Baelil and his sister, Ari.

 A low moan of displeasure escaped her lips, but she was careful to subdue it before it grew loud enough to attract the attention of Max, who she’d asked to accompany her on the three hour journey there.

“I see Baelil,” Max said as he pulled his equally powerful horse up beside Danai’s Black Friesian beast.  “It looks like his sister’s with him.”

“She’s the one who met up with the girl a few weeks back,” Danai muttered.

Max shook his head. “Yet, here we are.  It just goes to show