CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Emeline had hoped that they would find Stonehome by now. Instead, the road seemed to stretch on forever in front of her and Cora, winding away from the waterways now, into rolling lands that were prone to sudden mists and downpours.
“Are you holding up okay?” Emeline asked Cora. She could have just looked for the answer in the other young woman’s mind, but she was trying to do that less with her new friend. Since Cora had no powers of her own, it would just seem like hours of walking in silence to her.
“I’m fine,” Cora assured her, and to Emeline’s surprise, she seemed to be. Emeline had assumed that she wouldn’t be strong enough to walk all this way, finding food as they went along, stealing it where they had to. Instead, she kept up without complaint alongside Emeline
