THE FOREST OF NAPASAFIT — LATER THAT NIGHT
For several moments, none of the three girls moved.
Anna stood several feet from Xena, still trying to steady her breathing.
Xena looked equally unsettled.
Neither knew where they were.
Neither knew how they had arrived.
And neither knew whether they could trust the other.
Finally, Anna broke the silence.
“Are you lost too?”
Xena looked at her.
“I think so.”
“You think so?”
“I don’t remember coming here.”
Anna slowly nodded.
“Neither do I.”
They glanced around the endless trees.
The forest seemed less threatening now that they had stopped moving, but the darkness still surrounded them from every direction.
Anna hugged herself.
“I was in my room.”
“So was I,” Xena replied.
Anna looked at her.
“You were?”
Xena nodded.
“I went
