Several days have passed with no news about Vittorio. Cael and Ginevra had no choice but to continue with their mission as planned when they reached the site of the planned ambush.
This stretch of road circled around several hills. Groves of trees grew on their sides, and their bald tops were crowned in crumbling remnants of ruins dating back to the old empires. Because of this, the area got the nickname Seven Old Kings. But there were, as Cael counted, only six hills.
Maybe this was related to the amount of highwaymen in these hills. Maybe, amongst them, there was a bandit king.
But highwaymen knew better than to attack a carriage that belonged to a noble and a mage. Cael and Ginevra had only to look out for Enzo.
Cael hoped the bastard won't make them wait for long. The sooner they were done with him, the sooner Cael could search for Vittorio.