A peek was enough to see those thoughtful eyes glistened. The way his Adam's apple bobbed up and down with difficulty and how much his voice wavered got me thinking. How long has he endured the miseries alone? At such young age too.
"It appeared that my parents had deliberately let me go. They knew what was coming and my running away was a golden opportunity."
His moistened greens then stared meaningfully on my yellows.
"My point is, the place we are in had been enchanted to repel any beings apart from my lineage and those I granted permissions. It had been my haven then and will definitely be yours as well."
"I'm grateful that you're worried about me but what was the reason for them to, you know, attack your parents? Or the Empire?"
"Let's just say these being have various reasons to hunt humans."
His answer made me sit up with curiosity. "But why only Hawthorn?"
"No, Farah. Not just Hawthorn. It's a worldwide issue but not widely known."
