A girl a few inches shorter then I stood in the door way looking scared and cold so I hurried her inside. Her face was full of worry and I walked her over to the fire place draping a blanket on her shoulders. She immediately latched onto my side and began to sob and shake. I felt bad and slightly concerned because it wasn’t everyday a girl ends up in my lap past dusk especially a crying one. She spoke softly with shaken breaths “Thank you for letting me in, I have been walking through the forest for hours.” I nodded and rubbed her back soothingly “Why were you in the forest alone? I have never seen you in this village before you must not be from around here.” She shook her head and looked at me fear in her green eyes “My village is gone now I had nowhere else to go.” I blinked confused and shook my head “You must be mistaken maiden a village cannot just disappear maybe you have hit your head?” She grabbed my shoulders roughly and looked me dead in the eyes “Not disappeared miss, it has been burned to the ground all the people even my family have been murdered.” She fainted onto my lap and carried her to my bed covering her up letting her
A girl a few inches shorter then I stood in the door way looking scared and cold so I hurried her inside. Her face was full of worry and I walked her over to the fire place draping a blanket on her shoulders. She immediately latched onto my side and began to sob and shake. I felt bad and slightly concerned because it wasn’t everyday a girl ends up in my lap past dusk especially a crying one. She spoke softly with shaken breaths “Thank you for letting me in, I have been walking through the forest for hours.” I nodded and rubbed her back soothingly “Why were you in the forest alone? I have never seen you in this village before you must not be from around here.” She shook her head and looked at me fear in her green eyes “My village is gone now I had nowhere else to go.” I blinked confused and shook my head “You must be mistaken maiden a village cannot just disappear maybe you have hit your head?” She grabbed my shoulders roughly and looked me dead in the eyes “Not disappeared miss, it has been burned to the ground all the people even my family have been murdered.” She fainted onto my lap and carried her to my bed covering her up letting her