Leah
Clutching Rhydian's hand in mine, I felt him pull back “Oh hell no.” His eyes narrowed in the darkness as we came face to face with what the old lady called home. Nothing more than a two-story shack, that seemed to have more holes in it that walls and a ratty blanket for a door. The windows were boarded up with broken wood. so, there was no way of seeing inside.
“Rhydian” Desperately I pleaded to him with my eyes. Not to ruin this for us. we needed shelter and the old dear had been kind enough to offer us her home and her help. If he kept on the way, he was then she might change her mind and cast us away. We desperately needed a friend on this alien planet.
“It's like something out of a dark fairy-tale.” He muttered and again I glanced at the backs of our host as she talked
