“…Who is this woman? How did she find us?”
“…She is the woman we saw earlier on the road…”
“…She’s hot and shaking…”
“…watch her leg! Phew! That’s a large wound and it’s infected…”
“…Hey! Take a look at her pendant, Lavinia will love me for this…”
Elara could only take a few words each time, trying to wake up. There were two man talking, she felt how they touched her shamelessly, searching for anything hidden in her clothes, taking away her pendant, her only object of value. She tried to stop them but she could not move an inch, her limbs feeling heavy and her body chilling with fever. She gave up, falling unconscious again.
“…Trisha! Tomorrow we’re leaving, we’re already two days late!”
“But we can’t abandon her like this”
“I don’t care what hap
