ELRETH
She'd needed that moment with Aaryn. That little bit of reassurance—and the chance to offer hers to him. But as soon as she stepped out of the cave where the others had clustered, waiting for them, something niggled at the back of her mind. She looked around, eyes narrowed.
"Tarkyn," she said quietly. "Where are the patrols? I thought we put guards, and another mobile patrol in place? I don't see any."
