Chapter 91: Into the Unknown

I stayed still in his arms this time, meekly letting him groom me to his satisfaction. It was for the best, I suppose, as it helped my body to cool off at last. When we finally got dressed and found a place to camp at the end of the day, I was clean and refreshed, and I even managed to get a reasonably comfortable sleep overnight.

The next morning, I woke up to a bundle of freshly picked fruit lying by my side.

"I hope you'll find these satisfactory," Bai Ye said. "I won't be able to find anything new for you for the rest of the day if we are going into the cave."

I got out of my bedroll and started readying myself. "The cave?" I asked.

He nodded. "I thought about the yazi some more last night. I've never seen one of those out of all the times I've been here, but if the bixie mentioned it, then there must be a lair somewhere in this mountain range. The only place I haven't explored much is the cave."

"Has anyone been down there before?"