Chapter Twenty-One
Rescue
The smell of warm grain and fruit drew Huldar from sleep. He pushed aside his snug furs and pulled on clothing as quickly as he could, guilty for having slept late. With a rueful smile he remembered his late-night conversation with Andel. His impulsive gift had seemed right at the time, but now he felt awkward.
He wrapped his jacket tight and followed his nose to the cookfire.
She was next to Casco, eating already. She smiled at him and he returned it with what he hoped was a suitably casual greeting, comradely – yet warm. He accepted a breakfast bowl from Cobar. The fruit was one they had collected in the east, fragrant and sweet, but the taste barely registered. He was supposed to go with her to The Hat today to examine that trace she’d found, but perhaps he
