Chapter 4
Jabari savored the feeling of being on the road as he walked beside Ivy, Brigid, and Chibu. The day was hot and dusty, Jabari could feel dust in his shoes and in his teeth. The rains had been gone for nearly a month now, and the unending sun on the road had everything covered in dust. Chibu was the ranger in charge of training the three seekers who had chosen to go on with their training and become rangers. He was funny and smart, someone Jabari respected.
That morning a messenger had come to the ranger grounds asking for help with poison in a field outside the city. Chibu had jumped to take the work.
“My children need practice,” he had said. Jabari scoffed at him.
“Poison in a field? This is seeker stuff.”
“Not this poison,” the messenger said, but he couldn’t tell them mor
