The two days it had taken to get to the mound were surprisingly quiet.
Ashleigh had noted that it didn’t seem like the patrols they had taken out during the time they had been in Spring were being replaced. In fact, even outside of Spring, she had expected to run into trouble. Sure, they had taken a longer, less used route, but it still seemed odd that there were so few patrols to be wary of so close to the Dark Queen’s power source.
“What are you over there analyzing?” Alice asked.
Ashleigh wondered if she would sound paranoid, but in the end, she voiced her concerns.
“Doesn’t it seem like there should have been more defenses? Before we arrived in Spring and while we have been here. Even if the Queen doesn’t know we are here, it still seems fairly light on security.”
