Outside the second carriage, Hauke frowned as he felt the familiar power that Ollie had gathered in the blade carved from Frost Walker horn. But then, looking at the way Ollie glanced carefully over his shoulder at the figures of Rosie and Sionid, he realized the intention behind the gesture and made a similar move himself.
Both Hugo Huanrahan and Liam Dunn were surprised when Hauke's looming figure moved protectively in front of them, but both men wisely said nothing as they realized that a meeting between a powerful witch like the Mother of Trees and three clergymen from a Church who considered her a heretic could easily become explosive.
