(Isla)
I woke before the sun had fully risen. For a moment I stayed beside Caius and listened to the quiet around us. Then I remembered where we were going. Sleep left me at once.
Caius opened his eyes not long after. He looked at me, then toward the bags we'd packed the night before. Neither of us needed to say what was on our minds. Today we were leaving Wraithbone.
"Did you sleep?" he asked.
"Some."
"That's not an answer."
"It is the only one you're getting."
He smiled and got out of bed. I followed, already feeling Vaela awake inside me. She had been restless through the night, though she hadn't bothered me with questions. I knew she was thinking about the same things I was.
'We're going north,' she said.
'We are.'
'Maybe we'll find them.'
'Maybe.'
I didn't have to ask who
