Chapter Thirty

~Tristan~

We stopped for lunch at the halfway point, Alyce being kind enough to get clothes out for each of us as we all slipped behind trees to shift back. She had pulled out the extra burritos from one of the packs and looked at me, "Do we have time to start a fire and warm them, or are we eating a cold lunch?"

I glanced at the sky, "If we can be moving again in an hour then we should be fine."

"That should be doable, these won't take long." She set to work collecting some kindling and wood, finding a suitable place to make a fire. In less than 10 minutes she had a decent one going. She lined half the burritos up along the edge of the fire, using stones to keep them off the ground, "Is there a river nearby? I'd like to get some water to put this out before we leave."

"Maybe half a mile east. I will send Titus to get some. He usually carries some basic supplies, including a collapsible bucket and shovel."

"Thank you." She smiled at me and it lit up my world.