Chapter 18: Who's There?

As soon as I got outside, I felt much more refreshed. There was really just something about nature that rejuvenates you and you feel more free when you are one with the tall trees and the warm grass.

I thought of shifting so that I could run with Evera, but I didn’t want to ruin my beautiful dress Asteria gave to me and since the sun was coming down, I knew that the guests of my brother and family would soon be arriving and the event will start soon.

For now, I will just take in this time being outside and at peace with myself.

I continued to walk, and now that there was much more light in the area and I wasn’t technically running for my life, I had more time and opportunity to assess the place around me.

Memories of that tormenting night flashed in my head and the fear I felt crept up in my heart with each passing second.

I remembered how I tripped on that ground there, grazing my knees, but I had to keep going.

I remembered how I hit the other half of my body on the tree t