Claire slowly walked following Ethan's steps behind him, she traced every step the man took, following each sway of the broad shoulder that shields her eyes from the sun. The man's straight back looked sturdy, but to Claire, something felt distant and untouchable.
It was as if she was just a shadow walking behind someone who didn't really exist for her. Something or someone that felt… alien.
'He said he wouldn't go... But why does it feel like all I see is a stranger that walks in front of me?' Claire thought, her eyes continuing to observe Ethan's figure moving steadily through the crowd.
They arrived in the middle of the city of Sahran, a city that is a center of trade and a place where cultures blend together inside of Qadrak Kingdom.
