his compass and casts a spell to locate Miko.
As the spell is cast, the needle swivels and points the way. Then the needle begins to move slightly, indicating that Miko is on the move. “He’s alive!” James cries exuberantly.
“Who’s alive?” Jiron asks.
“A friend of mine who got separated from me during the attack,” he replies. “It looks like he is on the move somewhere.”
“If he was in the City last night and on the move now,” Jiron says, “then I would hate to think what that might mean.”
“What?” asks James apprehensively.
“He’s probably been taken captive and is being marched south to be sold as a slave,” he explains.
James thinks of the last thing he said to Miko, ‘Find someplace to hide, I’ll find you.’ With grim determination, he intends to do just that.
