Chapter 14
Keethior flew above them as they galloped the last half-day ride before the Worker village. Every once in a while Ben saw Isika look up at the sky from her horse, as though to check whether the bird was still there. Ben grinned to himself. The look on her face, after the bird announced himself as her private servant, had been amazing. He only wished more people had been there to see it. Surely the elders would have to accept Isika now that the World Whisperer's own Othra was flying around after her.
Night, Ben's horse, was faster than Wind, but Ben kept his horse at a slower pace because Isika knew the way; it was lined with lights for her, and they had taken many turns to reach the village.
Isika had asked Keethior where Jabari, Gavi, and the others were. He told her that th
