A Dangerous Trade

Across the vast plains they rode, looking for a place they could halt, if only for a few hours. They needed a chance to get their breath back, a chance to look behind to see if the others were there, still, behind them. They had ridden for a long time, day after day, across the land that was empty of any human homes or habitation.

At first, she had glared at him, fought him in every way she could. She knew her people were behind them, maybe even catching up. So every delay she caused, every m...