Bk 2: chapter five (8)

Elsewhere in the same Dark valley, Si Sanga and Lizzy moved in silence. Not a sound could be heard across the land.

“This is bad. This place is too quiet.” Si Sanga said. He glanced at the veiled Lizzy who said nothing and frowned. If it was just him, he would have sped away by now. But he was stuck with her and needed to keep her alive. They had been walking for quite a while and not a soul in sight. It did not help that the girl did not say a word.

“You are called Lizzy, right?” Si Sanga asked and Lizzy nodded. If he had not been looking her way, he would not have seen her nod. He watched her gliding steps; it was rare that one would have such steps. She moved without much ruffle on her cloths and sound from her steps. Just like Kheal asking Helen to pretend to be her, he did not believe this girl was simple.

“Who are you?” he asked on a whim and Lizzy’s steps paused.

“Lizzy.” she answered, but Si Sanga could not see her confused look under her veil.