Shady

“I don’t,” Jerica admitted quietly. She pressed her right fist against her burnt side, wishing the throbbing would stop. She’d been entirely too tense this entire conversation. She glanced aro

Jerica hoped to the gods Elias would make up a believable story. At this point, she wished she had told him more of the truth. She took a deep breath ...

Jerica eyed Jayk, trying to gauge what he was trying to get at. Maybe he just thought Elias got scared. Or, maybe he thought Elias wasn't able to help. And ...

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 ...