Chapter 4: The Ballad of Ara and EnatAra left the chieftain in his stronghold, she left the low and settled land.
Ara walked with her feet on the ground and her eye on the heavens.
She left the tilled and fertile ground for the mountains of Na and Enat followed.
– The Story of Ara and Enat
Darna woke in the chill of dawn. The city and harbor were quiet, with only the caw of seagulls and the distant rattle of carts over cobblestones to break the silence. Myril slept at her back, just as she had during the journey to Anamat. Beyond her, Iola and Thorat dozed.
Darna sat up to look around, knocking her head on the underside of the dock. She stifled her cry – she didn’t want to wake the others up. Sunlight struck the sides of the buildings on the far edge of the harbor. Nearby, a small blu
