15
Shifting Shadows
"Let's go!" Tolburt said, eagerness plain in his voice and his eyes fixed on the rock structure across the vale from their location. Before Julian could voice a protest, he nudged his horse forward.
The slope was steep, steep enough that riding straight down would have been dangerous, so Tolburt picked a path across the slope and downward to their right, the quickest direction around the vale to the Raptor's Ascent.
"Tolburt, wait." Julian shouted after him, but the other man did not respond, just kept going.
"It would be better not to rush into this," Melanie said, levelly.
"No kidding," Julian replied.
He scowled, but had little other choice than to follow Tolburt, so he kicked his horse's flanks and started after him at a jog.
Tolburt wasn't a complete i***t
