They both stopped dead in their tracks. The sound had come from a good distance from them, one was scared, while the other just got curious.
“It's probably nothing,” Peter said with a shrug, but his eyes still searched everywhere, a part of him was hungry for a fight.
Eliana, on the other hand, was only ready to leave, she instinctively reached for Peter's hand and stepped closer to him. That little act stole their attention for a second, both of them glanced down at their hand in each other's, but neither pulled away.
They walked through the forest like that, hand in hand and occasionally, Eliana would flinch at a sound but would steady herself the moment she noticed Peter's calmness. By the time they stepped out of the woods and into a lit street, she still didn't let go, and Peter di
