Chapter 35 Dae
Dae
Somehow, I dozed for a few hours. The kink in my neck felt like a boulder had been stitched to it. Sleeping upright against a log in front of the now smoking firepit did my body no favors, but at least I’d rested.
The sky ripened to a lighter shade of blue, a hint at the soon arriving dawn. I straightened, and only when I moved did a quiet throb echo in my thigh. That salve had already worked wonders.
Knowing we had a couple days of travel remaining before we returned to base camp, I mentally mapped the next outpost on our route that would hopefully harbor more supplies.
Unable to resist looking over my shoulder to my left, I peered at my would-be tent, where Ro hopefully found better sleep than I did.
Reluctantly trailing my vision to my right, to a post where a dead woman remained strapped, I replayed yesterday’s events.
Every conversation, every question, every act.
I knew what I needed to do.