The Woman From Hell

Seeing the arrow, I took a breath. "It's a clue regardless. Why don't we follow it?"

"Yeah, we can go and look up ahead."

Marius led me in the direction indicated by the arrow.

There were many similar marks along the way, which led me to believe more and more that Theo was the one who left them.

It seemed like there was hope ahead, and motivation filled me.

Marius and I stopped after walking quite some distance.

He pointed at a thatched hut that was not far away. "There's a hut upfront. Why don't we go and have a look?"

"Alright."

The thatched hut looked close, but it was, in fact, still quite some distance away.

I was slightly out of breath when we reached the hut.

and Marius and I leaned in. Through the open door, Theo's and Harriet's faces came

saw me and took

I came to look for you." There was a slight accusation

at Marius

"This is his hometown, and I just so happened to bump into him too.

turned to Harriet who was at the side. It had only been one night, but she was already out of energy and her eyes were colorless. "What's wrong with Miss Osborn?" I pointed to her. "It's nothing. The princess is just

like he had been annoyed by Harriet for quite a

I finally see you again. This means we can get out of this damn place.

to get close to Theo, but it seemed I overthought

had no such intentions while in a place

rescue team. We'll head down after a short rest," Marius said and walked out of the hut to make the

held my hand, his voice sounding a little sour. "You

really worried. I couldn't sit still. I wanted to come up to the mountains to look for you. Marius is familiar with the place,

at Marius who was outside and then lowered

a villager staying here last night. He let us stay here to rest and only left

so many people. He then