"I don't think you understand the alternative," Vennar spat angrily at her. "There is one book in the library of this city which describes the Dragonstorm. To put it bluntly: if we don't act every dragon in that city will come south and burn everything in their path. It took a trick to kill one, how the hell do you think you'll stop an entire city of them?"<br/><br/>"This is helping no-one," Carolina said, her anger rising for the first time. "I cannot guarantee this will work, but the alternative is we allow this to turn into a war between Myraz and Stormrider, and you can be sure no-one in this city will win if it comes down to that." She took a deep breath to calm herself. "You don't want to do this, stay here, wait for Myraz's men to find you. But I have a cart waiting outside, and we have a small window to do this if we're going to do it at all."<br/><br/>"How are you getting three people out of a city in a cart?" Vennar asked, raising an eyebrow.<br/><br/>"There is a cloth over the back enchanted to render anything under it invisible," Carolina replied. "You want to come, get in the back of the cart, you have ten minutes to decide." With that she stormed out of the forge, slamming the door shut behind her.<br/><br/>"I don't know about you two," Vennar said, sheathing his new sword, strapping it to his back, and then picking up his hammer. "But I am not waiting around to be captured, you decide between yourselves if you're coming with me." He followed Carolina out, leaving the door unlocked so they could get out easily.