I got up and scurried down the latter to reach the soft earth. It was almost dark now, so Colleen would soon be traveling under cover of night.
I heard Collen jump down. I turned to her.
“Ready to go?” I asked. “There’s a town a few hours of walking away from here. We could stop and get some stuff.”
Colleen nodded and I sped off due north. I knew I would be tried after this, but I just loved the pat, pat, pat of my leather shoes against the dirt.
I slowed down and Colleen finally caught up.
“Not a runner, huh?” She kidded.
“Only when I want to.” I smiled.
“You should’ve wanted to or Adelio would have skinned us both.”
“I could outrun that fat man any day.” I scoffed.
We both laughed and ran off into the night.
We had to stop a couple of times to make sure we weren’t being followed. Too bad we had to stop because we walked right into a camp of sleeping hermits!