Chapter 6Marwa
I didn’t mean to get shitfaced drunk with Rohene’s troops, I really didn’t. The truth was I was scared and alone and hadn’t the first idea of how to find Rohene or persuade her to go with me.
For ages, I hung around inside the pub until the forest dwellers appeared. To the outsider, I was a town girl, nothing more. It was fortunate I’d already pulled up my hood, otherwise, Nora might’ve recognized me from our brief encounter four years previously. Their chatter and banter made me intolerably lonely. How I’d have loved a group of friends and family, instead of witches who despised me.
Although many soldiers appeared there was no sign of Rohene. I prepared to leave when someone named Nora sat down beside me and began chatting. “You look familiar.” Her voice was kind and int
