Chapter 47: Kisses and Arrows
The arrows kept falling, not warning shots, but a clear way of telling them to get lost.
"This is crazy!" Jae snapped, cowering behind the log alongside Caelan and Rong Ye. "We should leave right now and come back later! Before we get run through like wild boars!"
"And leave our things behind?" Rong Ye replied, without taking his eyes off the forest. "We’d be left without food, without water, without shelter. We’d be dead in two days."
"So what? Do you think it’s better to die now?"
Caelan raised an eyebrow quietly, as if everything seemed less alarming than it really was.
"What if we talk to them?"
Jae turned his head towards him with an incredulous expression.
"Talk? With those who are shooting arrows at us?"
"It might work," Caelan said, shrugging. "We just have to tell them we’re from Rhys. If they know him, maybe they’ll listen."
Rong Ye gave a dry laugh.
"Oh, sure. ’Hi! You’re shooting at us, but we just wanted to say we’re friends with Rhys. Could you maybe stop trying to kill us?’"
"Yeah, that sounds like a foolproof plan," Jae added sarcastically. "Nothing could go wrong."