171. The forest was thick and treacherous and we didn't know it. We were going in blind and I think that was why it was easy to be targets of these barbarians.
Also, Agatha and I couldn't smell anything seeing that there was a lot of undergrowth, different tree species than we were used to, several streams and several animals, birds and insects.
All these smells were so confusing and before one could place one smell, another one would come up and …
When I heard Agatha shout at me to watch out and push me, I automatically made a shield around us as I fell.
The arrow wheezed past me and if I hadn't been pushed, it was aimed at my chest.
Others came hurtling towards us but thank goodness that I had made the shield and we were safe… for now.
“They are here and we are surrounded," one of
