Chương 39: The Lull Before - Part 15

Cele had been covered in bags of grain, which one only realized were heavier than all the heavens when they were laid upon you. It didn’t help that the cart he was stashed in was being pulled on a dirt road, riddled with holes and rocks. Once they passed the checkpoint, he knew it would be a bit more of a smooth ride since major cities in Simo had roads paved with brick. He doubted, though, that they would come soon enough.

He went to bed the night before with the basic idea of how Aisha and Mister Gerald were going to smuggle him in, which seemed a bit too simplistic. Bury him in with some loose grain and then cover him with hemp sacks in the wooden cart.