Chapter 27

Kassy bent to retrieve the small piece of wood that had fallen to the floor, and that caused the whole heap in her hands to scatter to the floor. With a frustrated groan, she called for her lover in a loud, harsh tone. “Achu!” She cried.

Like he had been expecting her call, Achu hurried to the scene to see what was going on for himself. “What, what happened?”

“Help me with these damn sticks.” She groaned out of frustration.

Achu bent to gather them into a pile so they could cook with them. “You really shouldn’t stress yourself, I told you I was going to fetch the sticks after killing the hunt.”

“But I’m fucking hungry now!” She whined. “This is so much torture, ugh. I’m so tired of having to stay in hiding... We don’t even have access to good food or clean water.”

“Kassy.” Achu stood to his feet and placed his hands on her shoulders. “W