Zierra smiled at me. "And you thought I wasn't going to tell you a lie."
"Well? Are you going to tell me who this mystery person is?"
She stood and dusted herself off, pointing at the light shining through the trees. "Time's up. Besides where's the fun in telling you now? I'd much rather keep you guessing."
I groaned and kicked some dirt over the fire as I followed her to the horses. "You are cruel you know that."
"We're all cruel in our own way," she mounted Bylur and followed me back onto the road to Irit. "How much longer do we have to go?"
I pointed to the horizon. If we looked closely we could see the faint peaks of small buildings. At our pace? An hour at most. Even with that hold up with the scam we still made good time last night. This is probably the fastest I've made it to Irit on horseback."
"Time flies when you're having fun," she winked and kicked her horse into a faster pace. "Think you could beat me in a race?"
