Cara took the second watch after Zedd entirely on purpose that night. She had a suspicion regarding the regular disappearance of her favorite night time snack, and her Mord'Sith trait of intractability wouldn't let the issue go. A few weeks ago, she had happened upon some wild strawberries in the forest and had put them into her traveling supplies. She adored strawberries - as a matter of fact, she had a profound weakness for them. The last thing she wanted her fellow travelers to know was that she had any weaknesses at all, so she always waited for her turns at the watch to indulge her passion for the sweet, juicy, and so very red treats. The last few nights she had noticed that her supply was diminishing at a much faster rate than they should be...
She waited until roughly an hour had passed, and then quietly crept up to the campsite. As she had suspected, Zedd was not asleep. He was hunched over her bag, and his hand was at that moment bringing one of her precious strawberries up to his lips. Normally, Cara could control herself, but this was too much. She leapt up and was at the wizard's side in a flash of movement that rivaled a bolt of lightning.
Cara grabbed a fistful of Zedd's hair, snapped his head back, and hissed directly into his shocked eyes - "It had to be you..."