Chapter 60: Do You Think I Need Help?

It was not as terrible as her sneaking secretly inside Smuggler Ron's wagon, but still, her legs had gone numb due to sitting for hours. Not to forget, the uneven roads the caravan took made her bones clank against each other. 

'I need to pee first.'

She looked around, and fortunately, the caravan stopped in an area with dense woods. There was a group of women walking towards a remote part and so were the men planning to relieve their bladders. She could join neither group. With the number of people, she had to be careful not to expose that she's a female. 

"Luke, I will be back in a bit."

Luke nodded, and as she took her first step, he followed her. She stopped and looked over her shoulder with a raised brow. "Why are you following me?"

"I will keep guard."

"Huh? Why would you? I am just going to pee. I don't like to do it in front of others. I can't pee in front of you watching—"