Mallory followed at a slower pace, smiling at Ryan when he joined her, slipping his arm around her waist. She nodded at their brothers ahead of them. “I hope they don’t think we’re going to take a long rest when we reach Surith.”
Ryan chuckled. “Don’t warn them. They should know by now that all actions have consequences.”
She laughed, slipping her arm around his waist. “You’d think.” Her gaze was drawn to her brother who’d reached the clump of herbs first. “But we are talking about Brodie.”
Ryan chuckled again. “How about we head off that way a bit?”
“Sounds good.” Although she supposed anything that didn’t involve running around like crazy would sound good.
It didn’t take them as long as she’d feared to gather the herbs and gain another CAS point. She grinned. Only one more CAS poin
