“I know.” It was Natalie’s turn to smile wryly.

Looking outside the cave, Sean suggested, “You can try to look for some food nearby if you don’t want to starve.”

“There’s food nearby?” Following the direction of his gaze, she shook her head. “What could we possibly find in a place like this? Are you asking me to hunt?”

He laughed at her question. “If you have the means, be my guest. I’m your excuse in case any rangers decide to hold you to the law.”

“I’m not going to hunt. I’ll look around for some wild fruits. We can try to make our way out after we eat,” Natalie announced and stood up.

Sean watched wordlessly as she left the cave.

She was gone for a couple of hours, and she had found some wild fruits reminiscent of kiwis. Despite their sourness, it was palatable enough to fill her stomach, and that was far better than starving.

She ate about three of those fruits and fed the rest to Sean.

The fire went out around the same time they finished eating.

Natalie clapped her hands together and declared, “Let’s go.”

 

his feet with Natalie’s help, and they left the

at a camping site located at the foot of the mountain. His rumpled,

 

him. Anxiously, he asked, “Mr. Shane,

had gone into the mountains to search

the slope then; hence, the cuts on

him back here to get treated, he would still be scouring for

fine,” he said gruffly, resting his forehead in his

“Are you sure? We can drop by the hospital in

said I’m fine!” Shane cut in

up after

and came

pupils widened, and he shot to his feet in an

applying ointment on him

continued, “It’s not the natural mist in the mountain forests, but smoke from a fire. We’ve explored the area in the past, and we know that this forest is

been from the fire that madam lit!”

barely concealed joy

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