"What are you guys doing here? Why not go back to the hut?" asked Bella, one of the group members.
Eric breathed a sigh of relief. Eric, we're the sound of wild animal footsteps.
"We're going back right now." Eric pulled Adora's hand.
The sky remained overcast as Adora headed back down the path toward the campground. The soft sound of mourning could be heard faintly from the west-where a large tree stood, sturdy and lonely. Beneath it, there were now two new mounds of earth.
But Adora did not follow the people there. She just stood in the distance, close enough to hear the murmured prayers, but far enough away so that no one would see her swollen eyes and stiff shoulders.
Eric turned to her from a distance but did not pursue. He knew that, for once, Adora needed her own space.
Witho
