Exiled Dragons Box Set Vol III by Sarah J. Stone

Author:Sarah J. Stone [J. Stone, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Sarah J. Stone
Published: 2018-03-24T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

The following morning, as he worked out in the fields, she packed a few things, all she would be able to carry on horseback. She waited until he was on the back half of the property and then made a hasty exit, heading west. The people who would look for her would expect her to come back east where she knew people, so her only option was to go west toward San Francisco or perhaps drift south toward Galveston. Either place would give her quick access to leave America if things did get too hot.

She didn’t feel very ladylike in a pair of riding pants boots, hat and one of Angus’s old shirts, but it would make her look more masculine from a distance, which would make her travels safer than being noted as a woman traveling alone. She rode hard until dark began to fall around her and then began looking for a place to camp for the night. With only a blanket to keep her warm, she would need to find the warmest place possible as the night were still pretty chilly. Ducking into a heavily wooded area, she tied the horse to a tree and sat down on a nearby log to eat some of the cornbread she had packed, slathering it with a bit of jam.

After a while, she curled up behind the log, letting it shield her from the night breeze. She rolled up in the blanket to sleep. It took a while to drift off with the sounds of the forest all around her. She could hear coyotes howling in the distance. The fear of them remained after she had seen what they had done to Dog and tried to do to Angus. Memories of her lost home overcame her fear of what lay out in the wild as tears fell and she cried herself to sleep out in the darkness of the woods.

She awoke in the early morning hours, eating a few bites of the jerky she had packed and taking a few swigs of water from her canteen before heading out again. The days and nights all ran together as she traveled swiftly. Her food supply was running out and she felt exhausted. She wasn’t even sure how long she had been traveling or where she was headed, having decided she would just follow the trails westward until she arrived someplace that felt like she could be there for a while, perhaps forever.

“Where ya headed, ma’am?” a sprightly old man she met at a vegetable stand along the road asked.

“I’m not sure,” she replied, looking at the items he had for sale. She had no money, but was hoping he would be up for a trade.

“Not good country to be traveling in alone, if you don’t mind my saying so,” he advised.

“Thanks. I’ve no choice and no money. Would you be willing to trade a few items for a bit of jewelry? It’s gold. I brought it all the way from England with me,” she told him.

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