219 Erom Shares His Story

They found a good spot to camp that night. Erom was pleased with himself. Now that neither Kelley nor Volkin was here anymore and he could not yet trust in the abilities of Friggins, he did the rounds himself. Once, twice to be sure there was nothing lurking in their immediate environs. There was nothing. He returned to the camp to find out that they had whipped something up. He gratefully accepted the bowl of grub shoved in his face and downed it heartily. He was not assigning watch duties to anybody. He would do it all himself and so he lay down to rest for a few minutes before it would be time to start his vigil. But his resting period was interrupted by a sharp twig poking his leg. He sat up a bit annoyed. But Ella was sitting right beside him, her hair rolled into a ponytail. “Did you think we would forget or something?” She asked, rolling her eyes mischievously. Erom blinked. Why did she have to be so beautiful? He did not have the capacity to be annoyed anymore neither f