It was only a matter of time before he betrayed us.’ ‘Did you know he would? Couldn’t you have done anything to stop him?’ Night Wolf replied ...ehemently. ‘Coyote and Grass Man had visions concerning him. I always felt in my heart the angry soul of his Óoetaneo’o ného’e (Crow father) would lead him astray. Council will gather soon. We will decide his fate.’ Night World inclined his head respectfully, ‘Néá’eše, ného’e. I must find Falling Water. He gave her to his Crow brother. Perhaps you will. If it drew scavengers they would at least be at some samll distance from the road.Trellis had to endure the remainder of the ride into Mar's Ditch in silence. We dropped them off at the edge of town, and they were at least polite enough to thank us all for the safe journey. We had a half day of daylight left to travel in, so we kept right on going, eating lunch today in the saddle. Our afternoon ride brought us to a considerably lower altitude, and we had a gentle, slow flowing river to camp. I took a drink and it tasted really good. I asked him what it was and he told me it was a zero. I had never had a drink called zero before and he told me it was vodka, sprite zero, and sweet vermouth. It tasted really good and I drank half of it before I knew it. I looked at him again and thought well it might not be so bad, I mean he had the sweetest blue eyes I had ever seen. We talked and I felt more and more relaxed all the time. I turned to set my drink down and when I turned back I was. ." Mr Williams was lurking overus, a sneering, know-it-all look plastered on his face. "You really letme down today. After last night, I would have thought you would havelearned your lesson about canoodling. I guess I was wrong."I was in shock. He had caught us, but I wasn't exactly sure if he hadcaught us for something we weren't supposed to be doing. "What are youtalking about? We weren't in work. We were alone and minding our ownbusiness." Someone is coming out of their shell, eh? You should.