In the time that Aaryan was gone, I did not sit at home doing nothing. With the help of the Warriors of the Western Fort, the village had been repaired faster than imagined. It helped to have many fit, strong men working by our sides.
However, now that things were returning to normal, I decided to continue on with my own life. My best friend Saratha had had a baby. I had received a letter from her before the commotion in the village and now that things had settled down, I had decided it was time for me to go visit her.
I remembered Aaryan seeming uncomfortable about the thought of me going alone when I had mentioned this to him well before the attack. I was slightly concerned now, though I dismissed his worries a months and a half ago. But when one of my uncles told me that he was going
