Mhalyn's legs ached with exhaustion, barely able to walk by the time they exited the seemingly endless forest. She was about ready to weep when the trees came apart enough to see the sunset, setting over an unfamiliar, hostile land.
And yet somehow it was less hostile than her home. No matter how much Orinovo hated them, how much the queen would no doubt revel in capturing and executing them, or even her in particular, mistakenly thinking it would hurt Daryan, it was still safer than Lys-Ak