They wouldn't reach the trade road until after noon.
Whandall wasn't sure they'd reached the trade road until late afternoon.
Idly, the dwarf found himself thinking: this might once have been a trade road.
His swordtip traced a course north from the trade road.
The town was founded in the 14th century, near the trade road.
If they get onto a trade road, it's going to be awfully hard to track us.
One way or another, he will reach the trade road by evening.
"You find them just off the major trade roads," she continued, finally.
That had been in the early days, when no one really wanted the remote city, even though it was on a major trade road.
They took the trade road and swept up the hills in a cloud of their own red dust.