Chapter 10: The FamilyI had hoped I had seen the last of the Madness for a while, yet once again I found myself bundling to face the elements and loading up a camel with supplies. Our guide was a member of the family calling himself Vance, who had been waiting for us for some time. He already had all our needs at the ready, and waited patiently for us to get our gear together.
He seemed friendly enough, with gentle green eyes and a small smile always playing on his face, but there were lots of little touches of his that unnerved me. He was, how should I put it…too clean. Short-cropped auburn hair perfectly parted, sparkling white teeth, perfectly trimmed goatee. His robes were devoid of wrinkles and immaculate, even though he'd been travelling through the Madness and forest for days. I ne
