Chapter Twenty-Six

Kendra stopped short in the middle of her afternoon walk and cocked her head to the side as she watched Ari lead her mare across the center greens toward the stable.  She’d left the village on assignment again.

Even though she was married to Baelil and he was well respected, Kendra was still looked upon as an outsider who hadn’t proved that she deserved to be included in village information.  Kendra didn’t care about that because she didn’t want to be a member of the community. She wanted to go home. But, the fact that they were careful with what they said around her made it difficult for her to learn things about where she was and how she might escape.

It took her several months of slow, afternoon walks where she’d nonchalantly meander past a few citizens and eaves drop on their conversation as inconspicuously as possible and a few clever chats with Ari -who seemed almost desperate for her friendship- to learn that there was som