Allissa

Darren crouched to be level with him for the answer. “Then you will know it before any of us do, because you are connected to her. And that griffin is faster than anything else under this sky. That is why you hold this post, Thorin. Not because you are small. Because you are the one she can reach.”

The boy gave his word with his mouth while his eyes never once left the mountain. I heard the promise. I heard the door it left open. There was nothing to be done about either, so I ...