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2024-10-29 19:42:56For most of the morning we rode in silence. It was a three-day ride to Ruen and already I was tired of his silent treatment. I was glad that he kept the pace slow, but I knew it was infuriating him. At this pace it would take us more than a week.
Midnight and I followed Blaze, watching her tail swish away the flies that buzzed around her. I stared at Blake’s back, constantly watching it as he moved with the natural flow of his horse, the muscles tensing and relaxing with each wave of motion.
We passed Admonia Lake and I felt a shiver as I looked up at the snow-capped mountains. The days were starting to cool off now that the cold season had begun, and it was creeping into my skin, like the chill that it brought across the land.
Dark clouds rolled across in front of the sun, sucking the warmth from the day and from my body.
Ahead of me, I saw Blake shiver in a momentary chill.
By lunch, we had stopped to make camp by the edge of Admonia Lake,
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