46. Something Pure

CHARLENE.

That night we talked hours into the night, filling each other in on everything that had happened. Listening to the things Thea had been subjected to at the hands of her father shocked me, and I realised how lucky I was to grow up with a father who sheltered me. Even if I never saw eye-to-eye with my mother, it was still nothing compared to what she had been through.

We all had slowly drifted off, but my sleep was plagued with nightmares of burning bodies, Hunter dying… Yileyna dying, and the world being conquered by evil.

The following day, no one came, and we simply sat there; starving, thirsty, and tired.

I felt too exhausted to talk much, and the day passed painstakingly slow. I was unsure when sleep kept pulling me into its folds, and I had come down with a high temperature.

I know they were talking to me but nothing made much sense anymore…

I awoke with a jolt and sat up my heart pounding, as I scanned the area trying to figure out why I had awoken, when I saw the