CHAPTER NINETEEN
“So what now?” I asked Will as we stepped off the bridge and onto the dirt road that followed the vali.
“Now we wait for the delivery,” Will told me as he strolled down the road with the gap on our left.
I lifted an eyebrow. “Is the soup that good?”
His eyes twinkled. “It is rather excellent as I taught her how to cook it, but it’s the side that interests me more.”
“The side?” I repeated.
“You’ll see,” he assured me as we continued on our little walk.
I wiggled in his arms. “You know, you don’t have to keep carrying me.”
Will merely adjusted my weight and kept walking. “You’re not heavy.”
I snorted and patted him on the shoulder. “Well, you got around that tricky subject just fine, but that isn’t what I meant. I can walk on my own.”
Will drew me closer to h
