CHAPTER 46 Najud pushed back against the force that questioned him and staggered to his feet. He couldn’t reach through his shield to alert the others, but he saw them run from their kazr in haphazard clothing, armed and headed for their predetermined positions. Haraq pushed by him again, into the kazr, and emerged seconds later with his bow and khash, and swept towards the woods where he hoped to be concealed behind the qahulajti when she finally arrived. If she ever did. It was all Najud could do to stand upright, despite the shields reinforced by all four bikrajab, and she must be miles away. He made sure that Haraq stayed protected, but this couldn’t last for long. *Where are they?* It was like standing in front of the war horns when they blasted out a challenge. He was only surpr