Chapter 51
Michael and Ceinwen returned to the area where they had left Rachel and Seiji’s bodies, but they were no longer there. They walked all around, but could find no sign of them.
As they searched for a tree with one of their blue ties, they stared in shock as a member of the park service strolled by. He was one of many employees tasked with showing visitors out of the forest if they got lost, and to be constantly on the lookout for potential suicides.
They shouted and ran to him. He didn’t speak English, but it was obvious from the way he looked at them that they had the appearance of those who had been in the forest too long. He gave them water and energy bars, then indicated that they needed to follow him. They gladly did in the silence.
They walked for nearly two hours before
