"This damned beast is going to get us killed," Alex complained for the millionth time in the last several days.
Sylas never really explained anything when he acted, but Alex had gotten a feel for the man. For Sylas not to come back after sending them up into the skies with the Hollow Wing, there was probably a reason for that.
Well, if Jala could hear Alex's thoughts, he would have certainly rolled his eyes. This had nothing to do with Alex "having a feel" for Sylas. It was instead that it would take a complete idiot not to understand what was happening.
That was because, while Sylas hadn't told them anything, the Hollow Wing had certainly gotten his orders—as Sylas could easily command it like he would any other Serpentes.
Since Sylas left them, the Hollow Wing had been sweeping the region quite systematically. They were high in the air, and it was using a very controlled flight path to move across the land.
