"They will catch our scent, Valeria. They don't like uninvited guests. You have to be extremely careful."
Fenrik spoke as they walked through the dark forest. This forest, located outside the city, was much larger and more terrifying.
"How did you convince Elara not to come?"
She asked Fenrik curiously. Elara, stubborn as a mule, had agreed not to come here and to wait at Valeria’s mother’s house instead.
"I’m the only one who can handle her, Valeria, did you forget?"
Valeria smiled and turned her gaze forward. Tons of sounds were echoing from the surroundings; she was starting to confuse which sound belonged to whom.
"We have company," Fenrik said in a low voice, and then Valeria heard the footsteps.
She froze in her tracks. She wasn't afraid; she couldn't afford to be.
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