Ileus stared in Anastasia's sapphire eyes and said, "It will take another week for us to get out of this realm. You can thank me then."
Anastasia was so grateful to this man. Her lips curved in an innocent smile. This man had been so loyal to her. Maybe she should ask him to stay with her. Loyalty was something she had always valued and something, which she craved because there was none in the world she was in. Only Nyles.
"Where does this road end? Which town?" she asked. Once she was out of the forests under Vilinski, she would leave… disappear.
"Quaint little towns dot the periphery of these forests. The nearest one is Óraid."
"Oh!" She bit her lip. She would be leaving him after that. She would simply slip away with Nyles. Moreover she wondered as to why would Ileus want to stay with her? She had burdened him so much already. In fact he would want to do away with her.
