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Chapter 13

Anya

It wasn’t quite light out yet when I woke up fully, with no hope of getting back to sleep. I shifted restlessly in the tree, counting down the minutes until it was light enough to depart. I glanced over and upward, finding Dai still sleeping. I waited until the sun broke over the horizon, though it didn’t do a whole lot to improve the gloominess of the jungle. Abruptly, I recalled I was wearing the headlamp that I had switched off last night and switched it on.

When the beam of light accidentally arced to Dai’s face, her eyes blinked open, and she sat fully upright. She appeared instantly alert, and her hand gripped the spear. I didn’t think she’d dropped it all night.

“We should probably get going.” I whispered the words so she could hear me, but hoped no one else was nearby to hear them.

She nodded and gestured downward. “I’ll go first and stand guard, and then you can start down.”

Before I could agree, she was already scrambling down the tree. She made it look easy
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