Chapter 322

• "Okay. Plan time," Jes said, and squatted down by the tree. Maybe perched was the better word, with how she put her hands down on the floor between her raptor feet, perched like a carved gargoyle hanging out on a stone wall. "Tacitus, a bailiff in Gazra Crag, wants Daoka back. It led to problems, since Daoka is my friend. Diogo found out, and questioned Leos, a friend of ours. The stupid bastard didn't say anything, so Diogo killed him."
• "Stupid bastard? He--"
• "He should have given us up, told Diogo where we'd been hiding." Jeskura slapped her tail against the floor and growled at him. It didn't sound human. "He knew Daoka and I could escape. He knew..."