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Silas walked toward them

Scab ripped up another handful of grass “I’ll talk to you later,” he whispered

“She can feed herself, you know?” Silas said

Scab dropped the grass

“I was joking You can feed her all you like But not now, I must take her to hunt” Silas cliht of the cabin”

“Okay”

“Good I won’t be long” Silassound, and Vala walked away

Scab was bored, so he wandered around He reached the edge of the forest and stared into the trees Most of the away, soest ones were almost red

Glittering lines of sunlight shone through the leaves all the way to the floor He wanted to touch them He looked back The cabin looks small from here Silas had made it clear that he was not to enter the forest alone I’ll just go a little way in, touch the lights and go straight back

It was cool in the shade of the trees, and the old leaves crunched as he walked He couldn’t work out why the sparkling lines kept ht on his arht warmed his scarred skin

He threw a stone at a tree Missed Two er trees, and he hit them both Got ya He peeled the white stuff off one tree; it was green and wet underneath The big red trees felt furry and stained his fingertips orange

A wall of rock stood in the distance The bottoht back

By the tie of the forest where he’d entered, but he was pretty sure of the way back The smooth rock warmed the palms of his hands, and he pressed his cheek on it

He jumped when a branch cracked to his side What’s that? A small horse? The brown anih the trees Is it hurt? It looked over at him every few steps If I can catch it, it could be my Vala

As he crept toward the animal, it disappeared behind the trees to appear further away He crouched and upped his pace, but the gap continued to grow Then it was gone He stood tall and looked hard Where did you go?