Shady

Jerica sank to her knees next to the stream and scrubbed her face with the frigid water, trying to rid herself of the tears and the way her cheeks burned ...

"I..." A shudder cut her off. She wrapped around herself tightly, trying to still the way her entire body was trembling. She hated the fact that they'd only made it ...

Jerica gasped, terrified as something in real life had hold of her shoulder. She threw her hand out, palm striking the offender squarely on the chest, just below the collarbone. ...

"Oh, so now you care about interrupting naps?" Jerica scoffed, looking at him skeptically. Hadn't heard anything about disturbing hers , even though she was certain she'd needed one more ...

“You think so?” Jerica raised both eyebrows, looking at him challengingly. She set her beer down, her pride starting to drown out the way her body still ached. “Changed my ...

“Ohoho.” Jerica leaned back on the couch dramatically. “So you do have something I can kick your ass in.” She wasn’t at all sure that that was true. She’d never ...

“Oh, I assure you, based on what I’ve seen so far you could probably give them whatever you wanted to and tell them they ordered it and they’d believe you,” ...

The area was dark and hazy. Jerica was vaguely aware that she was indoors, but she couldn't tell where. Nothing looked familiar. She wasn't even quite sure where she was, ...

"You'll have to be more specific than that." She smirked a bit, closing her eyes. "I try too hard most of the time."

Jerica tensed a bit, gaze flicking towards him as she tried to read his tone. But she couldn't. That rarely ended well for her when she was a kid. She ...

"Don't worry. We'll get you competent in no time..." Jerica hesitated, remembering how pitifully the training had been going so far. She yawned. "Well, some time . Then you can ...

“Well...” she smirked, looking at him playfully. “You did get the honor of being rescued by the pretty princess.”

“Some people are useful. They create knowledge. And beauty. And art.” Jerica stretched her legs out, thinking about Rek. Her mind flicked to Akeno. “Or even just kindness. And patience. ...

Ah, so Bo was the big man. Hopefully, he was as mellow as Carter seemed to think. Even Jerica's ego didn't seem as massive as the man in front of ...

"Oh, it's just an expression." Jerica waved lazily, shooing away the fact that he took her seriously. She sighed and wandered back to the fire then sat down, deciding to ...