Chapter 17

Rowland Price particularly admired the qualities she displayed. When they finally made it through the rainforest and arrived at the village on the other side, he watched as Tia Brown turned toward the sunlight, wiping away what seemed to be the first tear she had shed in days. “How do you feel now? Was it worth all the exhaustion?” he asked. Tia Brown smiled into the sunlight, her expression radiant, as if the tear he had noticed moments ago was merely a figment of his imagination....