392 Safe Haven

'What is up with him?' Olpi thought as she followed behind Frey, whose thudding, angry steps had softened due to a sudden paranoia. He would creep from trunk to trunk, inspecting them for some sort of marking. She knew not the cause of this odd change in his already inexplicable behavior; whether it was because of his unconscious companion, the fear of another attack, or most curiously, this place he was taking them to.

Olpi glanced down at Elero, who had gotten paler. "I understand caution…" she said. "but we should pick up the pace."

"I'm going as fast as I can," Frey replied. "I didn't want to be followed so I made the place hard to find."

"You made this place?" Olpi asked, wondering why any sane person would want to build a house within the dangerous woods. "Was it so you could hunt monsters easier?"