The nation

Chapter 45

When Callum wasn’t hunting, he and Kaya were spending as much time together as they could. In winter keeping warm was a necessity so they spent a lot of time at the Flistedt’s pottery shop, more specifically near the kiln. The kiln was burning every day, wood was a priority for the Flistedt’s, just as food was, and they all took turns gathering, cutting, and stacking wood. Wood was the one thing that the village was not lacking, the problem was going outside to gather it, the wind and cold were unrelenting. When winter fell on the land, it came down and firmly plundered it, leaving nothing exposed unfrozen.

“Hey! Not too close to the kiln.” Kaya laughed, “you’ll burn your ass.”

“Are you sure your parents aren’t gonna be mad that we keep hanging out in here? I mean do they know we are...” He trailed off.

“That we are what? More than friends now? They know.”

“They know?”

“Yep, they are lovebirds still to this day. They told me that they know what we are getting up to,” Kaya pulled her h