Chapter 25

Erin’s POV

I never thought I would get the answers to my questions that very same day, making me realize Aesop’s lesson in his fables Be careful what you wish for clearly had some grain of truth in it.

Remaining cooped up in my room the entire morning and way into noon because I am avoiding Alaric left me feeling antsy. I find it such a drag.

As far as I remember, when I was back in my father’s camp, I was never idle. I would always be doing something - chores that seemed endless and had no time of ever halting. There is so much to do in running a packhouse.

But coming here, I live a life of leisure. I had become quite adept at doing nothing, which vexes one’s mind making so much room for one to overthink.

I’d rather move because as the day wore on, I found the four walls of this room quite stifling.

By noon, I had enough!

I need to quit loafing, or I will go crazy in solitude.

Maya, my wolf, seemed to agree with me. It was never my best suit to wait still and do nothing. I