And so they went. Not just out of the audience chamber, but out of the building, to the stables. Their horses were too tired to be taken again. Kateesha threw a regretful glance back at Aethenoth as they rode away on someone else's steeds.

The horses ran full tilt. Only when they could take no more, did Kateesha call a halt. Daniel slid from his saddle, his eyes on the lonely road behind them. "They'll hunt us."

"Perhaps. Would you rather have stayed there and waited ...