Chapter nine.

~Aurora.

Not sooner had we settled in the room than morning came. We got settled a few hours earlier, and I was still trying to get another round of sleep when Arne stirred awake next to me.

“You should get some more sleep,” I said as I planted a kiss on his temple.

“Is this where we are going to live from now on?” He asked, paying no heed to my request.

“No. No, we will be out of here as soon as possible. I just have to do a little job of taking care of some patients. Those patients we saw yesterday and just a little more, then we will be out of this place.”

Arne pinned a look on me for a second before shifting his gaze to the ceiling. “Is he a good man? The man who took us, can we trust him?”

“I…he, yeah…well. It will be best if you stayed out of his way.” I set my lips in a thin line and looked away as Arne turned back to me.

“Why? Because he's not a good man?”

No, because he is your father and he just may be out for your head. I bit back the sentence and swallowed it back with a sp