Chapter 39

When Misty arrived back from cleaning herself, I'd redressed and was feeling much better. I hadn't realized just how much I'd needed something like that, though it was unfortunate that she hadn't let me do the same for her, though she was right in that neither of us wanted to be caught by Misty.

"Ermm, Zirani, I'm clean," Misty said in a meek voice.

"Good, you can relax if you want," Zirani replied. "We're going to wait a bit longer before we wake Sandra. It's risky but if we wake her now, then she might flag too soon and we'll just be forced to stop again."

"Have you been checking the area?" I asked.

"Of course, there isn't anything nearby, and from what I could tell it seemed like the four we killed were the quickest they had, though that's just an educated guess."

At the mention of the four hunters, Misty's face fell, but before she could talk, Zirani walked over and placed a comforting hand on the girl, leaning in to whisper something.