EXCERPT FROM THE CHAINED ADEPT - CHAPTER 2
Penrys waited in Zandaril’s company while the Commander made certain that the threatened attack was not about to materialize, based on the reports of his returning scouts as they continued to come in.
She glanced at her oh-so-polite custodian. It’s not like I can go anywhere, from the middle of an armed camp. That they know of, anyway. Guess they don’t see it that way. In spite of herself, she yawned and belatedly covered her mouth.
At Zandaril’s raised eyebrow, she protested, “I’ve come west a great distance, so my night just got a lot longer.”
She left it at that, not wanting to admit that the shielding had also had its cost. And just why did I have to stop at holding three under my mind-shield? Where did that limit come from?
“Who was in t
