19
“You’re hungry,” Lu said. He wasn’t asking, he knew that look.
“How do you know?” She gave him what she hoped was a skeptical look.
“You start looking around as if a plate of food will materialize out of nowhere.” Lu couldn’t hold back his laugh. “I’ll go get us something.”
“I don’t think so, there’s no shelter. We’ve got rain on our backs in two hours.”
Lu looked up at the sky. He debated about which direction to go.
“We’ll go back to that cave we passed. Maybe we can scare whoever’s in there out and camp for the night.”
Lu nodded and they turned to go back.
They reached the small cave as the clouds rolled in and lightning lit up the sky in every direction. The cave, half hidden by brush and trees, faced away from their route.
“Set up camp, I’ll be back,” he said.
Lu dismount
