They ran the entire way, making decent time, though it still seemed painfully slow to Sin, who couldn't get the visions of s*******r out of his mind.
The group stopped only for a few brief hours at a time to sleep, taking shifts at watch. His muscles burning and fatigued, Sin understood why Rein hadn't wanted Ian along. As strong as he was, the older man probably wouldn't have been able to keep up with the pace.
Aside from himself, Rein, Marta, and her two oldest sons Wen and Jarrad, Marta had chosen three others to accompany them: a powerfully built human male with skin the color of coal named Solanis, a young elder man called Tim--short for Timmin, he'd told Sin--with a shock of bright red hair and a skill with the bow that rivaled Sin's, and a tall, slim woman named Eliessán, who ha
