Chapter 12
By the time the sun was coming over the horizon, they had been up an hour. While Nick had seen to preparing the horses, Todd had fixed them breakfast, broken down the rest of the camp, and packed their belongings. He then turned to help Nick pack their bags on the horses.
“We’ll check a mile radius. No one came near here last night, so I think that’ll be sufficient,” Todd said, settling his weight onto his saddle and adjusting his stirrups. He picked up the reins and turned Arenite away from their camp.
“If it’s all clear this morning, I think this is as good as it’ll get and be safe enough.”
“If not?” Nick asked, nudging Obi to a trot so he could catch up to Todd.
Shrugging, Todd said, “I guess we’ll deal with it then.”
“I’ve been thinking,” Nick said as they started out
