323 Lesson Learned

LERRIN

He found her at the stump, already seated, waiting for him when he arrived. His hackles were up because he was humbled that she'd beaten him. He couldn't deny it, though, she truly had done as she'd claimed. She'd sent him the image of the guards, their backs to her as she slipped behind them and through the gate. He'd been so shocked he hadn't even replied.

Not only had she made her way through the camp without being seen, she'd passed two sets of guards to reach the stump. Faster than he had.

Now she sat on the flat top of the massive stump, bathed in moonlight, her knees drawn up and elbows on them. Her white hood was gone. Because it would make her more easily seen, he realized.