15. Cade and Kaya

Cade

It has been three days, and we finally found the pod of whales. I had never seen one up close. The size was intimidating. The large canoe held half of the pack's men. The other half was held in another large canoe.

We rowed, so we were close to the pod. Then, the command was given, and we all released the spears. They connected with the giant beast. One of the spears pierced an eye. I was pretty sure that was the kill shot.

Once the beast was killed, we attached the ropes. Someone blew a horn, signaling that the runner on the shore should go get the woman. We began to row the whale back to the beach. How often did they hunt these things? Quill had told me that when we got to the shore, we would strip the whale.

Sure enough, once the whole thing was brought on shore, we began to cut into the fat. The women came in only a short time after we started. I did as I was told. We stayed there for two days until the creature was stripped clean.

A lot of things needed to be proc