Whiff Of A Scent

"So, is that a yes?" Mother asked, moving closer. I nodded my head and bit the inside of my bottom lip. I wanted to scream, but I couldn't. I glanced at Selene, and I could see that she also wasn't fully in support of it. She just had to do it to feel better.

"How are you feeling, Selene?" My hand found a way to hers again, and I squeezed it a little. She smiled a little, before slowly opening her mouth to speak.

"I-i'm trying to...be o-okay." She stuttered out, and I instantly apologized for making her stress herself to speak. I nodded at her, and faced my. Mother, confirming her guess.

"I will go for Selene's sake. It's just to go get him, so he would hand the cure over to us. I just hope that I don't waste time." I gulped, and forced a smile on my face.

My mother nodded, and stood up from her seat. Her eyes scanned me for a while, before she raised my head to look at her. "Stand up." That was all she said, and I obeyed her.

"The fact that you're willing to do this