Realizing we had drawn an audience, I ended the meeting, and we returned to the village as others prepared for nightfall. Elias, however, grabbed me by the waist and led me toward the small forest beside the village.
I didn’t see any locals hanging around the forest and whatever wolves were patrolling, Elias told them to leave the forest. We’d be alright out here by ourselves. So they headed back to the village and started patrolling around the outside of where the people were.
Elias finally takes my hand and starts walking through the forest. There wasn’t anything special about it. No beautiful flowers or anything like that. It was just trees and coverage from being seen. But it felt more like home than anything else around here.
“Are you going to tell me what’s bothering you?” Elias
