Page 48 of Marks of Rebellion
"Did you two fight again?" he barks.
"Nope."
He scowls, shakes his head, and leaves.
"What happened?" Vanessa asks.
"Nothing. I apologized. She's not very forgiving though."
Vanessa's lips twitch. "Yep. Zoe got her wrath from what I could tell."
"You'd be correct and incorrect about that. Zoe did a lot of crazy stuff and liked to do things she knew would upset Julieta," Penelope chimes in.
"Oh. Guess I missed all the fun since I was only there a week." Vanessa admits with sarcasm.
"That you did," Penelope states.
"You leaving?" I ask Axel.
"Yep. See you on the other side."
"Will do." We fist bump and they leave the tent.
"Anything else you want to take from our luxury suite?" I tease Vanessa.
She laughs. "Gee, where should I start? There are so many items to choose from!"
I pick up a blanket no one took and fold it. "You're going to love me for grabbing this."
Vanessa's face falls.
An uncomfortable silence fills the air. I concentrate on rolling the blanket up so it'll fit in my backpack. It won't, so I pull out one of my waterproof bags and stick it in that, then latch it to the main bag with a strap.
I look around the room and don't see anything else of importance to our survival. "Should we go wait outside?"
"Sure."
We step outside and Kalim is questioning Ryker.
Oh, great.
"I was just at the river. No one is there," Kalim insists.
"Maybe they went for a hike."
"Everyone is to stay in the camp area unless they go to the river and Andre is informed. You know that."
"What's going on?" I ask.
"Where is everyone?" Kalim scans the camp again.
I knew it wasn't a good idea not to tell him.
"I thought swimming," I lie and follow Ryker's lead.
"You two are shitty liars. And why do you have your survival packs?"
Ryker and I exchange an uneasy glance.
