Bree kept after him. “No.”
He whirled around on his heels, a scowl on his face so dark, Briana stopped dead in her tracks.
“You will stay here.”
Bree swallowed. Even though he must have been half the man he used to be, he was still big and broad. She shot him a rebellious look. “I can help. And anyway, you can’t order me around. I’m a grown woman.”
“You very well might be a dead woman if you come with me.”
She skipped to his side. “Come on, we’re burning daylight here.”
He chuckled as they walked side by side out of the castle ruins.
He gave her a sideways look. “You might have inheritedmy red hair, but I see you have your mother’s stubborn temperament.”
“That’s what my aunt Di said.”
“Ah, Dianne and Mark. They said they would return for me.”
“I’m afraid a lot has happened. I’ll tell you all about it after we save Horland.”
“Agreed.”
Chapter 18
Garlain clasped Bree’s arm and pulled her behind a column. His arm shot out again and hauled in Kieri and placed her between him and Bree.
Bree raised her brows and looked at Kieri. Kieri shrugged and whispered, “I can help.”
“How?” Bree asked.
“Go back to Morla,” Garlain said.
“But I can help.”
“You will get in the way,” Garlain said. “Now, go back.”
“Wait,” Bree said. “Maybe she can help.” She eyed the cage on the back of one of the wagons and spied the young man from the trader’s wagon they met on the road to Frother. “She’s tiny and if she sneaks to this side of the wagon full of people, she might be able to get them out. It looks like some of them could fight, and I know one man there who would do anything to help the knights of Pradwick.”
Garlain grunted and regarded the girl with narrowed eyes.
“You’ve got to admit, it’s a good plan.”
He nodded. “All right. That is a good plan.”
A gentle breeze passed by Bree. She started and turned. Morla had joined them but Bree never heard her do so.
“What are you doing here?” Garlain said, a scowl firmly planted on his face.
“I want to help too. You can’t expect me to stay in there”—she pointed inside the castle—“by myself. I am supposed to look after you if you recall.”
“I don’t recall, but mayhap your seer gifts could help.”
“That’s what I had hoped.”
Bree didn’t think she sounded too sure of herself. But they couldn’t stand there all day; she had to see Horland, and she could only see as far as the cage from where they were standing.
Bree grabbed Kieri’s hand. “Ready?”
