C7 Chapter 7

Esara tugged at Nill’s sleeve. “We need to keep going”, she whispered.

“No”, said Nill firmly. “We have to turn back.”

Esara held back her retort, for she heard more than mere stubbornness in the hardness of his words.

Long before they could make out details, Nill knew they were too late. Smoke was furling menacingly skywards. As they broke through the tall hedges that surrounded the fields