Summary

Chapter 19 begins as Mare and her team travel to a town called Templyn after three days of failed rescues. Shade is injured and Cal stays at the Notch to teach, leaving Mare to lead by herself. She is accompanied by Farley, Crance, Nix, and a newblood named Harrick who can create mirages. Crance brings them into the town in a horse drawn cart and Harrick hides them from the security guard’s eyes. They navigate the town to a Scarlet Guard safe house and are greeted by a woman named Ellie Whistle. Ellie helps them stock supplies without question and tells them that Scarlet Guard Command has given her orders to “help Captain Farley and the lightning girl, no matter the cost” (271). Harrick disguises Mare, Farley, and Nix as poor Reds and they walk to the home of the Marcher family for their...