Violet
The forests of the neutral zone swallowed us whole.
One moment we were following a narrow dirt road, and the next, we had veered into dense woodland where the leaves of high trees filtered the sunlight into scattered fragments.
The journey had been quiet. Corin and Bei especially acted as scouts while Ana maintained a careful distance behind me. Their footsteps were so quiet sometimes that I would have forgotten they were walking with me if I couldn't see.
Over the next few days, we made brief stops, with them setting up camps, including one for me.
Bei would chatter cheerfully from time to time and I would find myself smiling despite the oddness of our situation.
For some reason, it seemed as if she was carefully trying to bridge the gap between me and the others.
