Chapter 194

LOI LEANED FORWARD AND CLENCHED tight with both thighs to rise in the saddle. Not quite a saddle, she thought, bracing herself on the moulded pommel but it allowed a better seatif you weren't wearing chainmail. Thighs of steel at this rate, Loi thought, bracing herself when they rounded a corner. The focus to keep her balance stopped her hearing the odd murmurs at first and when she rested back in the saddle, the track levelling out, the voices chimed through again.

Welcome Earth one.

We've been waiting for you.

'Did you hear that?' Loi twisted to glance at the others.

Beside her on Oomoth, Kassie asked in a confused voice, 'Hear what?'

'A murmuring?' asked Cat from the other side of Loi. Sian on Chaieth, in front of Belsesus, leaned back to look past Cat at Loi with a quizzical expression. Exchanging concerned glances, the centaurs all stopped and Larvaste threw an arm up, the line behind them drawing to a halt.

'Yes,' Loi said to Cat. 'Voices, they said they waited for us.'