The group had nearly covered most of their journey back from Zrey and were just about to pass the border from the Alure kingdom back into the Redwing kingdom. During this entire Journey, Jack had remained silent, his head was clearly filled with thoughts about what had just happened. In the carriage with them was Katy.
She had officially taken the role of being in charge of the other slaves, and they had agreed upon it as well. Ray also felt like she was the most loyal out of the group due to being the only one person with the official Redwing marking on them. Katy had been wanting to talk, but the silence between Jack and Ray had made it awkward for her, until when finally Ray broke the silence first.
