Bab 603: Anima Like You

GAHRYE

He fareweled Suhle and started back towards the Tree City. There was a bubbling tension in him—an awareness that every second took him closer to the moment when he would finally take the plunge and cross back to Kalle. Everything within him yearned to wait no longer, to simply go pack and bag and leave. But he knew he had to be wise about it. Not only for the sake of not angering the bears, but so that no one would notice his absence.

This was a day he was to stay out of the way and not be seen by Reth or the other leaders or Cohorts. They had to get used to not seeing him for a day or two here or there, so that when he finally crossed, they wouldn't think twice about it.

So he took the trail through the City that led north. The only things back there were the sentries, some storage trees, and if he took the right branch he'd end up on a trail that would head Northwest and take him to the disformed cave.