جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 5

Agatha remained still beneath the canopy, her eyes moving cautiously around her surroundings.There were no stone walls, no iron bars, no guards.Only towering trees whose branches intertwined, underneath it where it formed a thick roof against the night sky.A small fire burned nearby, casting a warm glow over the rough bed of leaves where she laid.Covered in an animal skin cloak, she fuzzled into it, as it smelled just like the forest.She winced, from a certain pain that shot through her legs as they ached from the turmoil."You're awake," he said.Agatha immediately turned toward the voice, as her body stiffened from the sight of Welsfar sharpening a short blade.He noticed."You don't have to be afraid of me," he said, still focussed on his small blade."If I wanted to hurt you, I would have left you at the river."Agatha looked away. "You could still take me back.""I could," he said, while her eyes returned to him."But I won't.""Why?"Welsfar stared into the fire for a momen

Today was the day Vagos gave Mondeigo a gift for his third year birthday.Seeing Vagos wrap his little arms around Mondeigo reminded Agatha of the night Welsfar had first held Vagos in his arms.Agatha watched the boys play beneath the trees, but a quiet fear remained in her heart.Welsfar was no longer simply the man who had rescued them from the forest. Over the years, he had become the father of her two sons and the man who had given them a home when they had nowhere else to go.There were things about Vagos neither she nor Welsfar could explain.His senses were sharper than those of any ordinary child, and sometimes, whenever the moonlight touched his skin, the strange mark hidden beneath his clothes would faintly glow.The little boy who had once run barefoot beneath the trees was now fifteen years old.Vagos stood tall, brave and fearless, his body hardened by years of training beneath Welsfar's watchful eye.Tree branches smack against each other as they dug their feet into the