Chapter Twenty Three
She would like to call it abandonment. One by one everyone stepped away from her. It was silent. Even the birds stopped chirping. The how of the wolf. The waves of the water. The heartbeats of the people. The curiosity. The anticipation.
"Bring her to me, Loki."
A thin man with a mass of black around his eyes stepped towards her, she threw a helpless glance at Lizzy who cowered behind Aaron.
Loki wrapped his greasy arms around her forearm and began dragging her towards Thorkel.
Once they were a foot apart. Elise swallowed.
Thorkel made a gesture and Loki nodded. He turned around and walked towards the forest. Loki tightened his hold on her and followed his Jarl.
No one else stepped in their footsteps.
Deep, deep, deep.
Dense, dense, dense.
Helpless, he
