Mallory glanced at Ryan, most of her attention on their surroundings. They were getting close to the hellion encampment and she didn’t want to accidentally stumble on any hellions. “Don’t tell me you’re going to start hassling me to level up mage too.”
Ryan grinned. “Nah, keep alternating if that’s what you want to do. We just might have to do some days of grinding.”
“We keep saying that.” Callum patted Smudge who continued to cling to him.
“I know.” Ryan stopped, gesturing them all to do the same. “There always seems to be more interesting things to do, but we might have to make time for it.”
Mallory peered ahead. “What did you see?”
Brodie breathed in deeply. “Not see. Smell. Someone is cooking meat.”
Mallory caught the scent before the breeze shifted again. “That smells pretty go
