Chapter 18 Though the bartender had given no sign of predatory behavior the night before, Haojing felt a low-level paranoia that she had been directed out here to be trapped. The tributary was tucked away in a shaded corner of woods fairly far from the settlement, and even though she had taken her horse down to the river the night before to drink she was certain she would never have noticed this offshoot on her own. The woods were too thick to ride, and leading her horse through the brush by hand took so long she again contemplated letting him free. She could not stop herself from concluding that it was the perfect place for an ambush.
Chapters Eighteen & Nineteen
Chapters Eighteen & Nineteen
Chapters Eighteen & Nineteen
Chapter 18 Though the bartender had given no sign of predatory behavior the night before, Haojing felt a low-level paranoia that she had been directed out here to be trapped. The tributary was tucked away in a shaded corner of woods fairly far from the settlement, and even though she had taken her horse down to the river the night before to drink she was certain she would never have noticed this offshoot on her own. The woods were too thick to ride, and leading her horse through the brush by hand took so long she again contemplated letting him free. She could not stop herself from concluding that it was the perfect place for an ambush.