29 Taytra
This meeting is not going to plan. Ward, Andrew, and Neander are looking at her like she’s a horse that’s ready to spook at any moment. “No, I can’t leave yet,” Taytra snaps. “Are you serious? No!” She kicks a stone across the cave, and it ricochets off the wall.
“Tay, please sit down and just listen for a minute to what we are actually saying,” Ward says, standing up and moving to her side in an attempt to stop her from pacing. “We need to get moving they are going to be right behind us.”
“I don’t need to sit. You want me to leave him behind. He is a child, Ward. Andrew, how dare you suggest this?” she asks, rounding on Andrew.
Andrew puts his hands up. “Look, I just got back. I brought back everyone that was on the carriages. Isn’t that good enough?” He is covered in mud
