17
I sat on the sand, watching the waves with teary eyes. How could I convince these people that Dakawa was wrong, that they were wrong? Why would I want to betray my people? My family?
I didn’t even remember the Jungle People. A thought struck me and pierced my hearts. If I didn’t remember, then how did I know it wasn’t true? What if they’d somehow turned me against my own people and sent me back here? How could I know that I’m not a danger to everyone here?
I shoved those thoughts out of my head. Nothing could ever make me betray the people I love. Nothing.
The Elders and Dakawa were going to make my life miserable from now on. I could see it.
“Hey.”
I jumped and looked up at Samura’s gentle face. “You scared me.”
She knelt down in the sand. “Sorry. Are you well?”
“Not really.”
