Marcus woke up some time later. Again he wasn’t sure how much time had passed, but it had to be a significant amount since the sun was coming through from a different direction than he remembered. Jade was also nowhere to be found. Marcus smelled something in the air, something rather pleasant. Jade must have been outside cooking something. Marcus couldn’t remember the last time he had food. He was too busy thinking about not being something else’s dinner to even worry about his hunger.
Marcus peeked out of the shelter and saw Jade sitting by a fire. He had something that looked like vegetables hanging over it. They smelled even better out in the open.
“I thought we couldn’t do fire’s.”
“Now is good. Not in dark.”
Marcus sat down beside Jade. The smile on his face faded the moment he n
