The Boyfriend App
“In all these places, the reaction towards me and Mathias didn’t vary. The typical wild denizens, the beasts and birds, were tame and behaved as though we, along with our luxurious mount, were a natural part of the woods. On the other hand, the wee folk all started out cheery, waving and beckoning for Mathias to join them, but as soon as they recognized me, their faces filled with fear and then contempt. Many of them even hissed and stomped their tiny legs. I believed if I wasn’t traveling with Mathias, they would’ve mobbed me. Such was their hatred of the humans, and of me, the outsider.
“And they could hiss, too. Most of them had none of Mathias’s beautiful and delicate features. They look