All Chapters of Rules and Roses: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

One can easily tell a water's worth when a well is dried out.✾The night was cold as it was harsh.I’ve read in one of my books that since the sun is gone, the heat with it leaves too. The sand and gravel that is around this whole landscape acts like a mirror for the sky. I find myself shivering and hugging myself for warmth. Even the small lamp didn’t offer any sort of comfort. Kofi seemed like he was alright, though, although he was shivering, it wasn’t as much as I was.I’ve set the straw mat on the farthest side of the hut and I was currently sitting on it. While Kofi was looking through the tool box, he’s been at it for a few minutes now. Speaking at me every now and then, forgetting that we didn’t speak the

There is a thing in life that is somewhat like water. We drown in it, fall in it, and can't live without it. That little thing we call love. ✾                A week has passed and the only thing I made that was remarkable was finding a source of water for the town. Kofi was helping me teach the others on how to do it. Still though, even with the knowledge of finding water from mud, the well will still dry out. Especially now when it seems like it rarely rains. That’s why my mission for today is to find a place where we can get water.                I’m pretty sure where the water is, the plants and animals are too.

If you want to walk fast, walk alone. If you want to walk far, walk together.✾                “No!”                   Kofi clings on one of my legs and shakes his head again. Sighing, I try to pull him off but to no avail, he still clings onto me. Judith looks at the both of us, rather conflicted if she should just pull him off or wait until he stops his tantrum. Yohan was still inside the hut, looking for some things we might need for our expedition today. We don’t really know how long we will take, and it’s going to be a waste of time if we keep coming back here every time it gets dark.            

Action speaks, when words cannot.✾                We reach the vicinity of the town just as the sky turns dark. It would probably take us just a few more hours before we reach the area. Yohan had shifted back into his human form, with me turning my back to respect his privacy, and told me that it would be wiser to make our presence known in the morning.                “Not a lot of wolves are welcoming of fresh meat during the night,” He says, while arranging the rocks and wood so that we could start a fire. “You’re lucky you ended up at the Torrids, people there are way too tired to be angry.”

Salt sometimes look like sugar. Be wary who you trust.✾                I see the trail of blood before I notice the smell.                Yohan tried to stop me from going further, but I ignore him. Strength was never my greatest forte but right now, I was the one pulling him. The smile I had a while ago was long gone. The happiness I felt for helping someone and looking forward to helping someone was change by a heavy feeling inside my heart. Every step I take was heavier than the first. I didn’t know what I was expecting and I hate whatever it was my mind was conjuring.