Chapter 29

I am parched.

The sun was up in the sky. Its heat waves were fervent on the skin. I look to the other direction to avoid my eyes from burning. For some unknown reason, the heat is too much to bear today.

“Another man, down!”

We stop moving from our tracks to look from behind. I saw a man almost crawling on the dry land, catching his breath. His tongue is almost sticking out of his mouth. He was already surrounded before I could make a move forward to assist.

“Another man, unconscious.” Stoic shake his head beside me. He massaged his forehead to ease down the stress he’s feeling.

I couldn’t blame him. We have been travelling for hours. We only have limited supplies for our journey.

Stoic and the rest of his tribe decided to come with us. Some women came with us and some were left because they can’t fight. Someone needs to look out for the children. As we have previously discussed, we agreed to find a way to sneak inside the Kingdom, where, Azariel is sitting pretty. The thought of him