Chapter Fourteen:The spell safely dissipated. She pressed her hands against the wall to calm her jittery nerves and dry her sweaty palms. Dandelion admitted, “I was afraid you wouldn’t make it back.” She let her body slump against the cold wall of the cell. She needed help to keep standing after the strain of the jape. If I’m attacked, I’ll be dead, she thought.
“I was too.” He stepped inside fully now and placed a pack and water skin on the bed. She was surprised he carried such a load. “But in truth, I’ve been waiting down the tunnel to make sure you were awake. I figured you didn’t need me sacring the crap out of you.” He chuckled and shot her a disarming smile.
He must not have seen her stumbling in under the load of the wood, or if he did, he was smart enough not to get in her way a
