Chapter 25

"... Marietta," Crista said. Her voice sounded small and like something that could break if not handled carefully and my heart clenched in my chest because she must have been so worried about me. She also looked tired and she was still wearing the same clothes that she had been wearing when we left our place yesterday to go to the forest.

The men that were holding her let go of her when I finally got to them and the both of us instantly threw our arms around each other. Gods, I hadn't known how much I had missed her till she came out of that box and I never wanted to be separated from her for that long again.

"Wow, you look… different." Her words were a bit muffled because her mouth was pressed to my shoulder but I heard what she said and I let out a laugh as she pulled away. "I was so worried. I thought you had been kidnapped."