“Isle, you’re so quiet, what is wrong?” Kathie asks her when she finally got a hold of herself and came back to the ancestral house. Isle looked at her friend with a timid smile on her lips before shaking her head to indicate that she is fine.
“It’s nothing.” She uttered although it didn’t assure Kathie at all.
“Should we… leave? I mean, Achlys is here. I know you don’t want to be in contact with him, more so see him. Let’s just change place, don’t you think?” Kathie asks. Isle looked at her friend, somehow acknowledging her suggestion but then she shook her head.
“It’s futile. He’ll search for us and we will not have any peaceful vacation at all because we are worrying too much about him. Besides, I don’t want to ruin this long awaited vacation of yours.” Isle said, as she placed her h
