CHAPTER 29
It was nerve-wracking waiting around, all dressed up.
Penrys had dismissed Rin Tsugo and Kit Hachi to join Tun Jeju’s party as they passed the Armorers’ Guild after picking up the other wizards at the gewengep compound. She had to allow them almost an hour to reach the base of Tegong Him, ascend via the hoisted cages and get to the warehouse where she would meet them.
She monitored Najud as they went, but she was leery of initiating any mind-speech—she wasn’t sure what could be overheard by their enemies up in Juhim Tep, and she didn’t want them wondering where everyone else was.
Wok Tori had joined Tun Jeju’s group, so it was Wok Tomai who accompanied her out to the nearest courtyard in this compound when it was time for her to leave. No one else was visible, but a cursory
