Spoils of War III: On the Road
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Their bed that night was not the most restful, but the horses made the cave plenty warm and exhaustion made the ground soft enough with the addition of stacked bedrolls. She slept close to her prisoner, not because she was particularly fond of him, but because she would wake if he started to leave. And he was warm, too, the way men seemed to be.
She woke before he did and made a sort of porridge from the rest of the food in the saddlebags. While the mush was cooking over the fire, her prisoner woke and sat up, groaning.
“You cheat,” he complained.
“What were you going to do if I didn’t order you to sleep? Aside from sleep badly, I mean.”
read on…
Previous: Spoils of War II: Shelter
Their bed that night was not the most restful, but the horses made the cave plenty warm and exhaustion made the ground soft enough with the addition of stacked bedrolls. She slept close to her prisoner, not because she was particularly fond of him, but because she would wake if he started to leave. And he was warm, too, the way men seemed to be.
She woke before he did and made a sort of porridge from the rest of the food in the saddlebags. While the mush was cooking over the fire, her prisoner woke and sat up, groaning.
“You cheat,” he complained.
“What were you going to do if I didn’t order you to sleep? Aside from sleep badly, I mean.”
read on…
