Shady

A pang of uneasiness ran through Jerica. She wasn't even sure what tipped her off, but something was there. Elias stopped talking as she stood in her stirrups, yanking a ...

It seemed like there was some switch in him that had flipped on. It was like he went from not speaking at all to never shutting up. She was beginning ...

Her lips quirked up into a little smirk. "Here's hoping."

"We'll probably cut through the edge of Lutalya on our way to the coast." If we make it that far. She decided to keep that part to herself.

Jerica hesitated a moment, trying to think of a comparable meal. Her mind felt like it was hitting a wall, though. "Lutalya has spicy food." She wasn't actually sure if ...

"Your secret's safe with me," she snorted. He was acting like he was some outlaw for eating a chicken, go figure. She wondered if real crime existed on Earth. She ...

"Alright," she said tiredly, annoyed that he'd taken her joke seriously. "Although..." he started slowly. "I did eat meat once. Accidentally. It was too late to do anything about it ...

"I see why you don't eat Earth-animals," Jerica deadpanned. She wouldn't eat one of the Beasts here, either.

Jerica was right. The day was long and hard and she hated each moment of it. She slowly recovered a bit of her energy as Elias kept forcing water on ...

"We have to get away from the corpse." She closed her eyes, the world starting to spin around her. Her stomach felt queasy. "We'll just take it slow."

"Thanks." She took the belt and laid it across her lap, looping it around the horn so that she wouldn't have to worry about it falling off. She squeezed her ...

Jerica walked up to Evan, suddenly regretting getting such a tall horse. If Elias was actually a good rider she'd have demanded to switch. But, Evan was going to buck ...

She smirked at him. "Fine... we should get the throwing knives out though. Those'll be easier for me than a sword, if we need them."

"Fine." She looked down and realized her dagger was still laying in the dirt next to her puddle of blood. This. Again. She sighed, then gestured at it and decidedly ...

"I can still kick your ass," she muttered, taking the canteen from him.