The next couple of days were pretty much the same. The rogues were, as far as we could tell, still lingering at Crystal Skies, and they seemed to know Clint was there. He reported that he'd seen black smoke a couple of times, but each time when he went to investigate, he'd see another poof of smoke and there'd be nobody there. Alvara was sure that it was Bethany, and honestly, so was I. I was worried that she would do something to hurt Clint, thinking that he was standing in their way, but I also knew that Alvara had been working with Clint on his magic and he'd gotten pretty strong in the last few weeks. Alvara assured me in private mind link that he was more than capable of holding his own, and that reassured me. She told me that while Bethany did have a lot more years of experience -
