Plan underway

The mint-colored eyes lost interest and Samael's face returned to its usual blankness. With the situation settled, his 'services' were no longer required, so he left to fix the mounts' saddles before continuing on their journey.

Duman merely scowled at her, disgruntled, and urged her to come down before retiring to his tent. He still had to verify the route back to the capital and try to establish communication with the other two who had remained in Belenos.

For unknown reasons, the commlinks did not work inside the rainforest and, to verify if it was in the whole forest or in certain areas, every day he tried to contact Blas and Narin to check how the situation in Belenos was proceeding.

His father, the Great Rig, must have sent the hounds to track him down to drag him back, but to his relief, no one would be able to follow his trail after he crossed the Darvazá Gate.