Book Four: Chapter 64

“You okay?” he asked her.

“Yeah, but let me know if we come across a stream or something.” The water in the land of the fae was supposedly safe for consumption—it was only food or drink prepared by the fair folk that might keep them trapped. “You... still have water to drink, right?”

“Hmm? Oh, right.” He stuck his hand into his pocket and pulled out a small, copper tube.

“What is that?”

“Meant to tell you, but forgot about it when we were about to get murdered.” He unscrewed the cap on the tube. “Ratu let me borrow it. Holds ten gallons of water, so if you’re—”

She snatched it out of his hands and tilted it up. Cold water ran along her cheeks as she spilled some of it, but she didn’t care. After drinking her fill, she handed it back to Mike and let out a sigh. She was already feeling a lot better.

“I’ve also got a few of those weird food bars from Zel in case you’re hungry.” He held one out and Beth took it.

“It doesn’t... I mean, what’s in