They reached the edge of the forest. Ligon's people were waiting for them with familiar wagons and horses. 

Ligon must have made arrangements to steal the Chimps’ horses and wagons. Mangolia thought, as a smile played on his lips. 

_How much more will he surprise me?_

“Hello.” One of them, a lady, stepped forward “We were expecting you, Ligon has given us a breakdown on what is going on, he had planned on getting kidnapped for this very reason. And it seems things are going as ...