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As the drums beat a rhythmic pulse, Mila paced the room. “We don’t have much time. We need to split up.” She looked at the others in their weakened state. “We’re going to have to fight to get to Perry so Finn and I will go up to the sacred area. Sienna, you and Jari go down to the tomb, find that piece of the map and we’ll meet you down there with Perry.”
“I can fight,” Jari said, her jaw clenched with barely restrained anger.
Finn stood up and walked over to her. He grabbed her wounded arm, pressed into the bandage. She exhaled sharply, the pain making her almost double over.
“No, you can’t. But you can protect Sienna.” Finn adjusted his sword. “I trust you two will manage to get along?”
Sienna hesitated. She didn’t want to be alone with the warrior woman. If she was honest, she w
