Chapter 6

I wandered without a shadow. Everywhere I used to go if I was allowed to leave, I was followed by a few warriors. Later that changed to a few omegas, and then just one.

The fact that they let me leave now was a combination of years of the persona I carefully built and their complacency.

They should have been worried, even if they thought the threat followed the visitors here; there was obviously a breach in security.

I wandered seemingly aimlessly around the place until I reached the edge of the forest and slipped between the trees. I pulled out the map I’d been working on slowly over the last few years in bits and pieces. I knew where I was going, or I thought I did.

I picked some Perscyth’s for myself, a bright white flower with thick petals that were stark against the muted browns they pushed through.

These flowers broke through the rough patches that didn’t get much sunlight. I always admired them, the ones that were able to grow into something beautiful despite their circumstance