He made a low sound in his throat however didn’t elaborate.

I tugged my soiled T-shirt over my head and wiped the sweat from my brow with it. “You don’t have the rest to say about that?”

He shrugged. “No, what’s there to say? She’s evil, and we knew that.”

“How am I imagined to toss real love in her face, Ernest? That’s not one thing seen to struggle with.”

“Isn’t it?” he requested. “I knew you really liked Josephine from the second I noticed you give her a kind of broody stares.”

“So, looking at Josephine will kill Deidamia?”

Ernest chuckled and slid my eggs onto a big, flat rock. I almost ate the rock itself. “Thanks,” I mentioned, wiping my mouth.

Ernest took a seat and glanced out on the Darkish Woods. “I believe Deidamia is extra human than we expect she is, Kellan. She’s lonely.”

“Why don’t you ask her on a date, then? I’m taken, sadly sufficient.”

Ernest gave me a bored look. “She’s heartbroken. The evil in her life has eaten away her soul. I’ve an concept, however it’s going to take some magic on my half.”

“Talking of,” I mentioned, consuming my different piece of bread. “I’ve seen you do hardly any magic, previous man. I’m beginning to assume you talked Fern into believing you are able to do magic.”

He laughed. “Essentially the most highly effective folks don’t stroll round waving their expertise in everybody’s face, Kellan.”

“Effectively, we want your magic proper about now. I would like you to tug it out of your satchel or from beneath that gown. I’m starting to develop uninterested in doing all the pieces round right here.”

Ernest smiled. “I despatched Josephine and Fern to search out the spindle.”

“Touché,” I mentioned. “You probably did do this … with my assist.”

Ernest sipped his canteen of water. “I see what Josephine sees in you that nobody else does. You’re a lot nicer than you play to be.”

I groaned. “Don’t go ruining my fame, previous man. I would like folks to assume I’m merciless, so that they’ll be scared.”

“Acquired it,” Ernest mentioned, standing up and readjusting his gown. “I gained’t let anybody know when you assist me down this hill. I’ll have magic, however I’m nonetheless previous.”

“Are you positive we should always go in so quickly?” I requested, pouring a few of my water over the campfire. “Ought to we wait on Josephine?” I requested.

Ernest seemed out over the Darkish Woods. “Now we have days to go. They may discover us, Kellan. Have religion that she’ll determine who has it and produce it to us.”

I had hope that she would pull via. I didn’t need her to land at nighttime forest alone with me. I wanted to guard her. I used to be the prince on this story, wasn’t I?

The princess wasn’t meant to go off alone within the Darkish Woods.

Ernest stepped beside me. “I wasn’t joking about serving to me down this hill.”

I wrapped my arm round his waist and held him tightly to me. The steep hill we started to stroll down felt like sliding deeper into the world.

To the place the place all my issues started.

Ernest held on to me for expensive life the additional we descended towards the forest. The silence grew heavier, and the demise of the greenery felt sticky, like quicksand.

A heaviness pressed towards my chest, and I took a deep breath to push it away. Solely it didn’t go away. It clung to me like a toddler.

“One thing feels flawed,” I whispered. “I believe one thing is flawed with Josephine.”

I stalled on the hill, torment and panic drowning me in my very own nervousness. “Now we have to maintain going,” Ernest whispered.

However I couldn’t transfer. I couldn’t do away with the ache in my chest.

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