By midday, they had arrived at the thick pine forest to the west. Searon slowed his horse since they couldn’t see too far ahead. Birds conversed with each other from branches, and Searon noticed several nests where mothers fed their hatchlings. They sought only two more plants in the forest: a purple-leafed plant and a scarlet flower.
“Starlyn … about what happened back there,” Searon said.
He hadn’t soberly lost control around a woman in so long, he wasn’t sure how to act around her now. Complications rolled in his mind at his stupidity. He had seemingly become involved with a woman who traveled with him. Not just any woman, but a kheshlar for that matter.
She smirked with a blush but said nothing as she continued searching for the plants.
“What about it?”
“What happens now?” He turn
