Chapter 49: Akton
At first he thought Talfryn was still exhausted, but as the days went by, Akton realized it was something more than that. It used to be he could barely get Talfryn to come to bed—now he struggled to get him out of it. He found it doubly difficult in that it took almost a full hour for Akton to coax himself out to begin with. It was as if they were paying for being on the move for the better part of a year, for fighting so hard.
It was as if they no longer had the will to move forward.
“Come on,” he said, prodding Talfryn with a finger. “My bath’s not going to warm itself.”
Talfryn groaned, rolled over.
“Do you have to take one every morning?” he asked, but they both knew the reason was to get Talfryn up, and the hot water was soothing if nothing else. Eventually he d
