48. Underground Kiss

Josh POV

By the time I’d washed up and dressed after breakfast, Allie was awake and eating. Thankfully, I didn’t think she was aware of our closeness during the night. She got embarrassed too easily over stuff like that. It was better that she didn’t know.

There was a knock at the door followed by Gerard greeting us and he motioned us to step out into the village. We walked through the small town until we came to the entrance to what looked like a mine. Several gnomes stood eyeing us, holding tools.

“The community has agreed to make you weapons as you requested yesterday,” said Gerard, and a flutter of excitement ran through me. If we were going to get out of the forest, we needed a way to defend ourselves. “The only thing we ask for in return is a day’s hard work.”