Caera chuckled as she let the girl go, prowled around toward Mia, gently nudged her aside, and lifted up the corner of the thick leather blankets. Sure enough, there was a divot in the rock, just big enough for what looked like a small piece of red fruit, spherical, and without the shine of most fruit. The more Mia looked at it, the more it looked like a hunk of flesh in the shape of a plum.

The tiger demon motioned for her to come as she prowled out of the alcove, and waited at its entrance.

"You bringing her on the trip, Adron?"

"I think I will," he said,...