Cassandra POV We all walk for some more time and reach our first checkpoint. Julian is walking beside me all the time and is more quiet than usual. He has stopped crying before anyone else had noticed and I have kept myself a little ahead of everyone so I don’t have to talk or answer any questions. The pace had been much slow as everyone has gotten exhausted. I don’t know if it just me but the smell of the sweat has increased and so has the groan with each step. “I am hungry, Cassandra, do you have anything left?”, I hear Nate’s moan and a smile comes across my face. “I have food with me, let’s all sit down and eat”, Prince Cedric puts down his bag and everyone follows him. “Please have some, I have to clean myself”, my arms haven’t stopped paining yet, only the burning sensation

