CHAPTER SEVEN
I was tempted to start some chisel work, but Ros grasped my shoulders. “Let’s follow them before our fuzzy friends find us.”
I pursed my lips but limped after the walking boulder. Ros scooped me up into his arms, and for once I didn’t protest. My ankle hurt like someone had taken it in their thick hands and given it a twist.
It turned out our stony guide wasn’t alone. A dozen of his comrades popped up out of the earth and waddled along on all sides of us like a security unit. It didn’t take long to learn what they were guarding us from as the call of the birds died away.
My heart pounded in my chest as I looked up at Ros. He didn’t look too certain about our escort, either. “Are you able to move faster?”
The leader of the magni twisted his head around as he had do
