Chapter 77

Zenovia

My eyes roamed around nervously and I waited for a reply, but there was silence.

Had I imagined all of it? Definitely not.

So I tried again.

“I… I just wanted to thank you for the help. Thank you for saving me,” I said and then a soft voice replied to me.

“Do not mention me to anybody”

It seemed to reach my ears from behind. I turned around so fast that I felt I had snapped my neck. But the direction from which the voice had come was devoid of any living being.

All I could see were leaves and branches. Why was this person playing hide and seek with me?

“B-but why are you hiding from me? I…I am not going to harm you,” I offered. I knew I did not look like a scary predator, but I could not understand what this person wanted from me.

The voice let out a deep, rumbling laughter. “You cannot harm me, but the people around you can and will”

The voice was speaking mysteriously, and I felt all the more intrigued.

“What people around me? Who will harm you?”

The voice seemed to be of a female, but I could not quite ascertain the age of the woman based on just the voice alone.

When I did not receive an answer, I asked again.

However, instead of answering me, I received a question.

“What is your name?” The woman asked me instead, though she was still hiding from me.

At least she was talking. Maybe she was just being cautious. But since she helped me, I decided to be honest.

“My name is Zenovia. What is yours? And why are you here in the forest? What were those vines?” I asked, but the woman dodged my questions yet again.

The voice seemed to echo through the forest, not letting me trace it back to the location of the speaker who was lurking in the woods. At one point it seemed to come from the right, at others from the left, as if the speaker was circling me.

Though how she was doing, it was a mystery to me.

why was she not

are in grave danger. Do not trust those

was really confusing

you.”

you at least

such a long pause that I feared she

Do

said, and then all of a sudden, the brightness disappeared. The forest was black

back on my feet and tried to stop her. This was

should I not trust him?”

will use you and throw you away when he is done with you. You are just a sacrificial lamb.”

bitter tone, but the way she spoke of Callahan told me

that?” I tried again.

him? Was I being used as a pawn? But if she knew I stayed with him, why did she

get to me through Sid so that he could use me as a leverage against Callahan. And Sid was convinced

why did my heart say otherwise?

getting

lost in thoughts that I did not even notice that she had

you answer me,

my words, and if you want to thank me for saving your life, you

“Do what?”

trust him and don’t mention me to

know who you are or what you want from me. You have not shown your face

My question was a little stupid, but then I could not trust a stranger saying that Callahan was going

wanting to choke me to

that he was particularly nice to me or the sweetest gentleman I had

he would have killed me long

will meet again.”

a bright light shone on my face abruptly. It was so intense that I instantly shut

winced as I threw my hands in front of my face to block the

a while, I opened my eyes, and I

was confused.

in the forest? How did I come here?

questions. There was only a lingering feeling, a light caress on

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