Chapter 9
Practice
By the time Toby got to the mess tent, Darius was going through the line, filling up his plate. He spotted Kai and her father sitting at a table by themselves. The couple were in the middle of a conversation, so he chose not to interrupt them and headed for the buffet. When he made it to the end of the line of tables, he turned to make his way over to where Darius was sitting, when he caught sight of Kai waving for his attention.
“Gee, I wish I’d either come later, or you had come sooner,” she greeted him with a warm smile. “Father and I are about to leave.” Other than a few noticeable spots on her left cheek and forehead, which were already scabbed over, there was no other sign of her ordeal from the night before. He felt relief knowing the incident hadn’t been more
