Chapter 191: True happiness 

Chapter 191: True happiness 

Eight months later

Defiance followed the narrow path towards the river. She could hear the sound her dress made when it brushed against dried leaves and the cracking of tree branches that she stepped on.

She picked up on the helm of her dress and she kept walking. 

 She could have used a horse but she didn't, she walked because she wanted to take her time and feel everything in slow motion, it wasn't like she had anything to do.

Her heart was broken and her soul was empty. The only thing keeping her from bursting into yet another sob was the people behind her and there might also be a tiny fact that she might just be fresh out of tears.

Not far from her she could hear her parents' voice as they conversed.

Having stayed away from them for a couple of months, she didn't mind the fussing and hovering at all, she had quite come to depend on them again.