They walked back to Marcus' wagon with Islinda trailing after him and watching him cautiously as if expecting him to attack her any moment. It crossed her mind that this man might be a swindler and was trying to fool her into buying a weapon from him. But for some reason, she trusted him. He was speaking the truth.
When they got to the spot, he began to rummage through his things for a while to the point Islinda became impatient and was thinking about being done with him when he exclaimed, "A-ha! Found it!"
Marcus was all smiles as he lifted the arrow in the air proudly and Islinda looked at the weapon eagerly. What was so special about it?
He handed the weapon to her and Islinda took it from him as she began to feel it. Unlike her arrows made from strong, lightweight woods, this one was indeed different and seemed to be made from iron as he mentioned.
