CASS
I had no option but to follow the guy who’d come into my hut.
We bypassed the fire pit, circling around it and heading toward the largest hut in the small encampment.
For whatever reason, they hadn’t blindfolded me. Small faces peered at me as I passed, with people coming and going out of the thick forest around us. They were fetching firewood and mending things. The wolves were nowhere to be seen.
My guard came to a standstill at the doorway of the hut. He gestured silently in the direction of the door. I hesitated, terrified to discover what was on the other side.
The guard gave me a nudge. It wasn’t a harsh one, but it told me I didn’t have a choice in the matter.
Reluctantly, I walked through the door.
The hut was dim inside, although a small fire burned under a bubbling po
