Book 4. Chapter 11
Like she’d predicted, Myra’s caravan left the same day. Brin kept an Invisible Eye on it, but from a far distance so that he wouldn’t feel like a voyeur. The caravan didn’t run into any trouble leaving the city, and he didn’t think they’d run into much trouble out in the wild. Without a dream monster mommy sending waves of monsters at her son, the caravan would probably travel safely.
The rest of them split up as well; Zilly went with Sion towards his family's mansion, Davi went to find Jeffrey, and Brin went back to find Hogg. He kept an Invisible Eye with Davi though, just so that he'd know what they decided on.
He rushed through the streets of the city, and now every stranger or blind alley seemed dangerous and nefarious. It probably wouldn't be today; he'd just learned of it. But it could be. It could happen any time, day or night.
He sent out another flurry of Invisible Eyes, each guided by a directed thread, telling them to scan the city and seek out the impressment gangs.
Even before he got home, he started to find them. In warehouses near the docks, ranks of soldiers were crowded inside. They only left one or two at a time to conceal their numbers, and slept on rows and rows of cots and hastily-made bunks. [Hunter] Caio had known what he was talking about.
When he got to the house, he dashed inside and was relieved to find that Hogg was home, though he was asleep on his reclining chair. Brin closed the door extra loud to wake him up, and then threw a spell for blocking sound around the room.
"Impressment," Brin announced.
Hogg woke and sat up with a surprising amount of clarity. "Now?"
"No. The boss of Lurilan's lodge told us they're in the city, but we don't know when it's going to happen."