Chapter 15
JOHANNA AND Master Deim followed the boy, and one of Johan Delacoeur’s guards came as well. As they crossed the camp, several people noticed that something was going on and they followed at a distance.
The boy’s name was Gijsbert, and he was the son of one of the merchants in the camp. While he led them across the camp, across the road on the other side and down a narrow track towards the forest, he chatted incessantly about how he and his friends had been playing on the haystack when he found the Shepherd’s medallion. Of the Shepherd himself, he had seen no trace.
Squalls of wind made Johanna shiver, even though it was quite warm. Master Deim looked uneasy, too.
The path ran between two paddocks. One contained a couple of horses that were trotting around tossing their heads
