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Mister Lemuel, the old
man, had lent us some of his many horses. The weakest and the sickest
and the children rode on them. Kielle rode on a horse..
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I quickly hid their
tracks, and stayed just inside the other path. I sat down at the roots
of a tree, and slumped forward, and started to contempl..
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Later, I was sitting on a
small bed, talking with Lark. I was dressed in new clothes, ones that
had weird patterns that seemed to blend in with th..
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I spent my time talking
to the other people of the Rebellion, getting to know their stories. I
also trained with them, learned their ways. I never..
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Later, I was on Lark's
bed, and she was brushing my hair. “Drake is stalking me,” I said in
disgust. “What gave you that idea?&r..
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A couple weeks later I
was in a good sized cave with some of my friends, eating, when Asher
burst in the cavern. His eyes sought me out, and he qu..
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Darkness. Sometimes pain,
but most of the time I couldn't feel anything. I drifted. Sometimes, I
would sense myself laying down, sometimes with pe..
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About a week and a half
later, I was able to walk, a plus in my opinion. There would always be
someone from the Rebellion with me, usually Asher o..
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I sat on my bed, crying.
Tears streamed down my cheeks and soaked into my clothes. Ragged gasps
tore inside of me. Over and over I replayed the sc..
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Asher agrees that I need
time off, so Asher took me and a couple other members of the Rebellion
to Lythel. After a time, we arrive outside of a la..
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