Kyandria had returned and the girls immediately backed away, those red eyes could really bore into you. "Enough, get ready to start moving again. Your chores will be explained when we camp tonight, and you will stay with me. I will show you what to do."
The girls scattered, gathering up water skins and leftover food quickly.
They spent the afternoon in their own group, with only a couple men guarding or watching them at all. Even then, the men hardly seemed to pay attention to these women, regardless if they were slaves or not. None of them were dumb enough to try to run. They knew very well what would happen if they tried it.
When the column stopped at dusk, Kyandria grabbed Zahra by the arm and pulled her to a certain spot, pointing at the ground. "This is where you will set up Cole's tent, put his belongings inside then go inside to wait for him. There are no other duties for you tonight, unless Cole gives them to you. This is your first task every time we make camp. If there is water to gather you will come with us, but tonight we will not being doing that."
She moved to haul a load of equipment off one of the kaadir, quickly setting about erecting Kaleb's tent nearby.
Cole appeared with most of his things in hand almost immediately, looking shocked to find Zahra there. He'd planned on setting up his tent as quickly as possible so that he could run and grab her before anyone else tried it again. He'd not wanted a repeat of the night before.
"What are you do-" He'd started to hiss, but his eyes fell onto the collar and widened. "Who put that on you?!"