Chapter Twenty-One
For an hour the rain poured down. When it stopped, the last sunlight of the day glistened off the wet ground in front of the cottage. Marl got some dry wood and started the fire again, while Raina chopped some vegetables for dinner.
Callista came out of the cottage, stretching. “I’m pretty sure Kal is trying to kill me.”
Raina shook her head. “I let you get lazy around here. You do what he says.”
With a shrug, she said, “I’m going into town. I’ll grab something to eat there and let you old people get caught up.” And off she trotted with the exuberance and sass of youth.
Marl and Raina looked at each other knowing they had been that young once, but not quite remembering what it was like.
Raina looked down at the veggies she was cutting and stopped. “You know what I’
