"If something happens to you just because I let go right now, Ari, I might die." He said and I could hear the torture in his voice.
The way his eyes glimmered with desperation to stay by my side as he looked at me anxiously conveyed his strong intentions to me.
He wasn't going to let go no matter what.
I don't think I can convince him, not when I am also filled with so much uncertainty about what I am about to find.
I might indeed get hurt, so instead of pushing my luck and assuming the best, I decided to give in to his stubbornness.
"Alright then," I said and turned to Fenric. "Let's go together."
With every step, my heart hammered louder, my thoughts blurring into a single, terrifying question:
What if she doesn't recognize me?
Or worse—
What if she does and she actually hates me?
I stopped just in front of the door. This hut had a door, unlike the huts in the tribe that only had curtains.
