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She didn't bother answer. Where the fuck else am I going to go? She swallowed hard, focusing on keeping her breathing as steady as she could. It hurt , and ...

She looked down and saw that blood had already soaked through her ripped tunic, both at her side and on her arm. She tried to get her sword back in ...

Jerica's eyes went wide as she stared at the creature. It almost looked like a giant scorpion -- easily the size of their horses -- with a giant stinger that ...

Jerica laughed again when he entirely missed her sarcasm. Again. "Well, hopefully we'll get your archery skills up to par soon. Never know when we're gonna need them next."

Jerica laughed. "Man, why didn't I think of that."

"Yeah..." Jerica sighed, thinking a moment. "I mean, there's pros and cons to everything. It's stressful when you're running low on arrows. And, you get shot at more than swordsmen ...

Jerica laughed. "Well... I honestly don't know much about teaching horsemanship. It's one of those things that I can do but don't really know how I do it, you know?" ...

"Uh, yeah, close." She reached forward and fixed it for him. "Alright, now you never, ever, ever fire the bow unless there's an arrow on the string. You can break ...

"You did it!" She grinned at him, thankful that he seemed proud of himself. Finally. Maybe this meant he'd be motivated to actually get good, eventually. "Okay, we'll vary our ...

"I know," Jerica answered, forcing her voice to be gentle as well. Me too. She kept that part to herself. "You keep trying to control Mellie, instead of work with ...

"We don't need you to be a master," Jerica answered, patting Mellie's face again. "I just need you to not fall off if we need to go quick again. Because ...

"Would you like to stay here for years , Elias?" She inhaled as she turned to look at him, barely keeping in an impatient sigh. She tried to remind herself ...

Teaching Elias how to ride a horse was getting exhausting. It'd been a few days of trying to teach him how to trot and now he didn't look quite as ...

Jerica was delighted. Not only did she get to read their poem aloud -- but she also didn't have any homework for this class because of it. She was determined ...

Jerica looked up as Daniel inserted himself into the conversation, not waiting to see if Elias was actually going to get Mel to join them or not. But she did ...