Chapter 6:
Adriana thought the rain felt refreshing. She had been traveling the desert too long. Not that her home was a green paradise, but the land where she once lived was much lusher than this parched hell. Her skin screamed for moisture.
The two males behaved as if they might melt from the slightest hint of damp. She didn’t care for their wet bodies, she wanted to return the boy and forget about this intrusive phase of her life. All she wanted was a quiet workshop with a small forge, the best tools money could buy, and the finest metals to create her greatest dreams. That would make her life complete… simple and quiet.
The man calling himself Ta’Hast started cooking as soon as they stopped. He took over the deepest part of the cave under the overhang. He claimed the rain would ruin
