THE HALF BLOOD'S CURSE
He looked at it without seeming to see it, then lifted it to his lips and drank mechanically, his eyes fixed on something in the middle distance.
"We should have seen it coming," he said finally. "The ambush. They knew exactly where we would be. Exactly when we would stop. Someone told them."
Elif sat beside him on the log. The wood was damp with morning dew, but she barely noticed. Her body was too tired for small discomforts.
"I know," she said. "I've been thinking about it all night."
The betrayal hung between them like a physical presence, heavy and suffocating. Someone in their camp, someone they had trusted, someone who had eaten their food and slept under their protection, had sold th
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