After a while, she was calm and collected and heard the tell-tale sounds of a carriage approaching. She figured she ought to get dinner ready. Endermon got the fire going and started putting together the ingredients for a stew. She was not at all surprised when Shiloh stepped up beside her and started helping.

They got the bowls set on a large flat rock just as the other two made their way into the clearing for dinner. If there was any tension from earlier, no one showed any trace of it. Conversation flowed and the mood was light and almost fun.

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Even as hurt as Dresden was, he still was able to help put stuff away after dinner. They all went to their areas, content and full. Endermon was not looking forward to the next day because she had to tell them that there was to be no more comfort like this for quite a while. Not until they found their next camp.