Episode 16: Scars

"What were you talking about back then?" I asked, trying hard to clear my thoughts.

Will raised his head from my neck and frowned. He clearly wanted to avoid this question. "What?" He asked back.

"Back there with Map, you guys were talking in your heads, weren't you?"

"It's nothing important," he replied, starting to lean his face against my neck again as I moved away.

"You looked furious," I tried.

"Did I?"

"And now you are avoiding it."

"Tell her, 'Will'", a strange, handsome tree-core had joined us. He had a strong built and sharp features. He looked slightly older than us. His exquisite pink eyes reminded me of rhododendron flowers. He was looking at Will with unwavering eyes whose face was hardened into a mask. So, this was it. The topic he was trying to avoid or the disaster he was trying to evade. This guy had stormy eyes. Will's face told that he was clearly warning this stranger to stay away.