While Samuel was busy preparing for his eventual face, there was another 'war' going on in his family's back garden. Elise, who had just come back, was surrounded by three children: Anya, her little brother Basmus, and Graysen, who was watching from the back.
Graysen was still resentful of her because he blamed her for the conflict with his big brother. It was a childish pride, and he had thought a lot about apologizing to Samuel, but every time he saw her, he was reminded about the time when they would play happily together, completely ignoring him.
He was exaggerating like most children of his age, but in his mind, he was convinced that she was not a good influence on his brother and justified not meddling even when Samuel told him explicitly to protect her in his absence.
" Where did you go? Did my go out with our mother?" Anya asked. She had seen Elise arrive with Karoline, Mayra, and Laura and knew they had taken her instead of her.
