Deceit

She wasn't home. It had been several hours since our mother had left to attend the weekly village meeting and she still wasn't home. Had something happened? Was there information about the war that had dragged the meeting past its normal length?

My sister paced back and forth in front of the, re" the Eames greedily consuming the few logs that were left so its heat didn't dwindle" waiting for the sound of the handle on the front door to turn or even footsteps walking up the path. Haera bit her nails as she walked" her mind lost to a storm of unwanted and terrifying thoughts.

ZShe's going to be, ne" Haera"Z I assured her" patting the chair beside me" an o-er to get her to stop wearing the carpet away. ZIn a few weeks' time" we'll be getting people from all over the kingdom coming here to take shelter from the war. Silverwood is a village so small and far away from the main cities that we're not even on the map" so they reckon we'll be a safe haven. Everyone is probably discussing where to put the newcomers.