Chapter 106 Book 3 Eye for an Eye
The night stretched its dark veil across the horizon, the convoy now resting in a secluded glade. Under the guise of death, Li An lay still in her wooden coffin, her senses attuned to the slightest sound. The earlier skirmish with the bandit-like attackers had left the guards shaken but triumphant. Yet, when word spread that the attackers had taken their own lives rather than face capture, a chill swept through the camp. The motive was clear: they sought to hide the identity of their master.
But Li An already has suspicions about who the mastermind is.