Battle Cry by Lara Lee Hunter

Author:Lara Lee Hunter [Hunter, Lara Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-08-23T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

The weary tribe rested for two days in the oasis. It did not surprise Reena that a few of the women were reluctant to leave; she had heard and seen some of them sneaking out at night to go to the tents of some of the nomads. It seemed that there were quite a few more male nomads than there were women. Children were scarce as well. There were only a few in the camp. When Reena asked about that Damien replied that there had been a boom of male children born and first of they had been glad about that because they had looked at it as a blessing, but then it became apparent that the women were surrounded by men who were too old to give them children or boys too young.

Two of the tribe’s women came to Reena the day that they were supposed to leave and made known their wish to stay. The nomads were gathered in a single line across from the tribe and Reena looked at Damien, asking, “How do I know if I leave them in your care they will be safe here?”

Damien replied, “You have my word. A nomad never lies.”

She had to take that and she did. She didn’t blame the women; they would have a hard life here in the oasis, but they would have an even harder time crossing the desert and in crossing it once again. Everyone had the right to choose and they were choosing. Or perhaps they were not, perhaps there they had brought them here.

Either way when they left the oasis they left two people short. They had lost five people total of the desert in her numbers had rapidly diminished. That worried Reena more than she wanted to say, but she had to say it because Lucas had a conversation with her about it later that afternoon as he walked beside her. His take on the situation was they didn’t matter how many they had; what mattered was that at least several of them made it to the city and rally troops there.

It was at that moment that Deal chose to interrupt with, “Did any of us stop to consider that perhaps the nomads might’ve had a map that would get us there?”

Reena actually stopped walking. How stupid of her! The nomads knew where everything was in the desert! They had to idea where the cities were! Chagrined and angry at herself for not even considering the possibility, she turned her head to look behind her, considering whether or not a half a day’s walk they had made was worth remaking, but before she could even contemplate the decision, Lucas said, “They don’t. I did ask.”

Reena turned to face him. “How do they get around without maps?”

“This is their land, they don’t need maps any more than we need maps in the woods.”

“I suppose that makes sense.” It did make sense and now she was feeling incredibly foolish all over again.

Lauren asked, “What

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