Hundred

Celia

Jasper was sitting on the seat opposite of me, his eyes fixated on the map that he held in his hand. I looked outside the windows by lifting the drapes a little. The forest path through which we were traveling was quite dense.

The road was less used by travelers and was just the one Jasper had shown me earlier in his study. This route cut down our travel time by more than half though it meant we had to travel through a dense thicket.

I craned my neck outside the window and noticed that the tree trunks were wide and thick, their dense leaves hiding the sun as we moved deeper into the forest. It was broad daylight but due to the thick foliage, it felt like we were traveling through the night.

There was also a certain cold seeping in through the forest. The fact that our carriage was made of metal meant that the walls were doing a poor job of insulating us from the chilly winds.

I looked around to find where the lanterns were but could not find them. Feeling confused, I enquired t