[LCP]

"You said he was here," said Ricard to Ithelus, cutting off Pieter's question before it could get a reply. The young man's voice was terse and taut with nerves, and his hand hovered by his pistol. "Where is he?"

"Where are the others?" came a different voice. A woman came forwards, pulling a coarse woollen hood back from her face; Pieter took a couple of moments to recognise Greta Suster. "Master Talberg said - said they'd run with you."

She hesitated, looking around at the darkened trees.

"Where's Hans?"