The wind picked up and howled again, the fabric of the hut shaking. I caught the soup before the pitcher toppled, then looked up to the worried faces of Brax and Kai.
“I’m fine. Stop stressing, it makes it worse,” he ordered, and I tried to relax but it was hard.
He tamed his labored breathing and spat out more, then leaned back against the log and closed his eyes.
“That sucked, but it worked. So worth it.” Derik smirked before wiping his lip with a lazy drag of his arm.
“You should have told us what you were doing,” Kai growled.
“One of us could have done it,” Brax said.
Derik shook his head. “Shadows.” He pointed to Brax, then Kai. “Hot head.” Then he pointed to himself. “Leaves me to do it,” he said, and I couldn’t believe he had just done that for me.
“How did you hide th
