Summary

In Chapter 13, Kilorn gives Mare words of encouragement as she, Farley, Cal, and Shade leave the Blackrun for Harbor Bay, while he and Nix stay behind. While they walk through the forest, Mare feels the electricity of a watch or radio up ahead. They hide and Farley makes a birdcall. The person ahead returns it and a boy named Crance approaches. Farley asks him about another Guard member, Melody, and their leader, Egan, and he tells her that she is welcome with The Mariners, their branch of the Scarlet Guard. Mare notices that Crance is not wearing a watch and comes forward with Cal. He shakes Mare’s hand and tells her that she looks better on the wanted posters in town. She asks him if he has other people with him and two women and one man step forward. The entire group...