The small human tent was quiet, except for the muffled sounds of the nighttime camp outside. It was midnight now, everywhere was dark. It was the kind of darkness that made even healthy eyes blind. Aries and Athena were inside their tents, huddled together on their sleeping mat. The smell of incense and mosquito-repellent herbs, which were some of the things that Issa had brought them, hung heavy in the air.

Lena entered the tent, drawing the cover flap back. She carried a small, rough and ...