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“It’s not too heavy—”

“Corabbed the rest of his supplies Food, water, compass, and a bedroll “Ready?”

I gave a shrug “I’ll never be ready to leave a soft bed and a warm fireplace”

“The bed won’t be soft, but it’ll still be warm”

“Thank goodness for that”

We walked through HeartHolinally entered The sun was slowly rising over the horizon, chasing away the frost that took the leaves in the ht Both dressed for the wild, we looked out of place compared to everyone else

We made it to the bottom of the incline, back to the stables and battle stations The rest of the city wasn’t manned with cannons and quivers of arrows, so all the attacks on HeartHolate

I didn’t see how anyone could conquer it

A beautiful chestnut o, supplies in her saddlebags Huntley added his things to the compartments

But there was only one horse “Where’s mine?”

“We’ll share”

“She’s going to take both of us and all our stuff?”

“It’s a horse”

“We’d go a lot faster on two”

He stopped preparing for departure and faced me head on

“You still think I’ to run?” I asked incredulously “Really?”

“You can get pretty far on a horse”

“Not when I don’t knohere I’”

“Don’t play stupid with me I know you’re a lot more resourceful than that”

“Yes, I can just head north, but ill I coain, but I don’t think it would work out like last time…”

He didn’t crack a smile

“I’ to run, Huntley”

“That’s exactly what you would say if you were”

“Not me”

He watched me, his eyes observant

“I said I would help you Let’s do that…and then figure out our next plan”

The stare continued, as hard as stone Then he addressed one of his men “Saddle another horse”

They got to work

He gave a sigh and turned away