Midnight Warrior
“Gage paused beside the wagon to look down with a frown at Malik. “How is he standing the journey?”
“Well,” Malik said quickly. “I feel fine.”
“Not fine,” Brynn said. “He is tiring. I didn’t think those woods were this far. They looked much closer. Only an hour or so distant.”
“I am fine,” Malik repeated with a smile. “Journeys always invigorate me.”
“Perhaps we should have waited another day,” Brynn murmured. “But he slept well and I thought—”
“We’ll be there in an hour’s time,” Gage interrupte...d, and wheeled his horse away from the wagon.
Brynn grimaced as she watched him ride away. “He’s angry with me.”
“Yes.”
“And rightly. I should have told him you weren’t strong enough to travel.”
“I’d wager his displeasure has little to do with the state of my health.” He smiled faintly. “And everything to do with the fact that he did not sleep nearly as well as I did last night.”
“You mean—” She stopped as she realized how stupid she had been.MoreLess
“Well,” Malik said quickly. “I feel fine.”
“Not fine,” Brynn said. “He is tiring. I didn’t think those woods were this far. They looked much closer. Only an hour or so distant.”
“I am fine,” Malik repeated with a smile. “Journeys always invigorate me.”
“Perhaps we should have waited another day,” Brynn murmured. “But he slept well and I thought—”
“We’ll be there in an hour’s time,” Gage interrupte...d, and wheeled his horse away from the wagon.
Brynn grimaced as she watched him ride away. “He’s angry with me.”
“Yes.”
“And rightly. I should have told him you weren’t strong enough to travel.”
“I’d wager his displeasure has little to do with the state of my health.” He smiled faintly. “And everything to do with the fact that he did not sleep nearly as well as I did last night.”
“You mean—” She stopped as she realized how stupid she had been.MoreLess
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