CHAPTER 19
Penrys joined the scribes on the next day. She felt driven to get the job finished, and she couldn’t shake the feeling of time running out.
Through the gates she could see an increase in activity, and the fact that Bilget left her alone all day worried her. It meant he had more urgent things to see to, and that couldn’t be good. If they decided that now was the time to put their plan into motion, they’d never leave the witnesses behind alive.
Bilget had spoken of more wizards to fetch home from Tavnastok and elsewhere, first, but he didn’t strike her as someone who would wait for that, if he felt sufficiently threatened.
The first copy of all the wall carvings was complete and she proofread it while they started the second version. Chon Janwit had done a good job with the Ki
