Chapter 95 Fourteen

• Zara and Valthor got ready to leave the merged city at first light. Although reluctant to leave her family behind again, she hastily climbed unto the carriage with Valthor after waving them goodbye.
• They rode at full speed, stopping only when night came. The soldiers lit a fire and sat round it eating the porridge they'd prepared. Zara joined them so she could warm herself by the fire. Her thick cloak suddenly felt light as the night cold raged on.
• "You sleep in the carriage tonight, Valthor announced, dabbing his own cloak over her before taking his place opposite her. Looking at the cloak that shallowed her small frame, Zara's face morphed into a surprised expression. She slowly glanced at him, her mouth opening and closing but no words came out. The warmth and familiarity she felt after being wrapped in his cloak, somehow removed every thought of returning it to him, instead she wrapped herself firmly with it finally mumbling the he words thank you to him. She also didn't dare to ask him if he felt cold after giving her his cloak. He'd made the sacrifice himself without being asked to, so why bother. She thought, faintly smiling to herself.