227 Everyone With Their Problems

Back in the forest, the other group were making very good progress, of course completely oblivious to the happenings in the capital. Erom and Ella had taken to riding and talking together for long periods. Even when they camped, they would sit up till late talking away by the firelight and the woman often would not return to the tent she shared with Freidis until the other girl was fast asleep. So Freidis found out that just as suddenly as she gained a friend, she was losing her. But the girl at that moment did not actually care, surprisingly. All her mind was fixated on the horrors she imagined Kelley must be going through at that moment in the capital. She was so agitated and constantly blamed herself for not thinking about it in advance and preventing him from going in the first place. The matter became so serious that at some point the girl feared that she would soon lose her mind. Unfortunately, no one really noticed. They were too caught up in their own issues to worry about h