"Damn, that's delicious."
Alden cheered, taking another bite of the gigantic snake Aemirya and he had cooked. It had been nearly two months since they had gotten stuck in this forest together.
During that time, they had wiped out hundreds of dragons. According to Aemirya, not many were left anymore. Once they dealt with the remaining ones, they would finally be free from this green hell that was starting to feel almost like home to Alden.
He took another bite of the meat as his thoughts wandered over the past few weeks.
Meanwhile, Alden and Aemirya had grown comfortable enough with each other that they now cooked a single animal to share instead of hunting and eating separately.
He felt she had lowered her guard around him considerably. It wasn't as if there had been any dramatic change, she hadn't suddenly started smiling at him, but at least she no longer greeted him with that constant cold glare.
