Chapter 13

THE LEAVES are wet because of the dew and the sky is so dark, with no stars and even moon. Thunder ignited a strong and bright lightning sign that heavy rain is looming.

"Take me down, you need to rest," Ara said while Zandro was still carrying her in the back.

"It's about to rain, we need to get out of this forest—" Zandro replied.

“We were walking in the middle of this forest for almost three hours, I think we were lost—" she added. "So you should put me down and let's find shelter before the heavy rainfalls."

"I can only see tall trees, no caves, and anything we can take shelter of. If we stop walking, we will die in the cold."

Ara came down slowly because her wound was still hurting. "It is better to die of cold than to die of exhaustion— If you want us to keep walking, I will just walk with my feet," Ara said then began to walk in the vast forest with the man she did not know if he is an opponent or will be an ally.

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