Chapter ~ 18

Rakia's POV

Two days later

"This is a colossal waste of time."

I propped myself up on Luca, watching in disgust as Clifford washed Marion's feet at a small nearby creek.

"Tell me about it," Richard remarked, bent over and busily cleaning out his horse's hooves.

I moved Luca closer to his side then jumped off my horse. "We've barely covered enough ground since we left Hermon and it's all because she keeps insisting that we stop for flimsy stuff like picking berries!" I huffed. "And the part that irritates me the most is that Clifford lets her. He lets her do anything she wants. I mean...." Frustration took my tone a notch higher. "Can't he see that Marion is a distraction?"

"Nope. This is what love does to a person. It blinds out all logical sense of reasoning." Richard put Hope's leg down and straightened himself up. "Last night, wh