Promise: The Scarred Girl by Maya Shepherd

Author:Maya Shepherd [Shepherd, Maya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Maya Shepherd
Published: 2014-08-24T21:00:00+00:00

Nine

Several hours go by without the two saying a word to each other, they just float on the water all day. Soon twilight comes and a light mist falls upon the lake. Far and wide nothing can be seen. The pregnant girl is asleep on the floor of the boat, but quickly wakes up and begins trembling.

“It’s pretty cold...” she says. Nea sees that goose bumps have formed on her bare skin. She could not put the habit back on again as it would be pretty conspicuous as it is ripped and covered in blood. Nea’s coat only slightly protects her from the cold. Even if she cannot stand the girl, she does not want her to freeze. Therefore, Nea grabs her sleeping bag out of her backpack and hands it to the stranger. She looks at it gratefully and immediately wraps it around herself. She looks out at the fog that spreads densely around their boat, “How long are we going to stay here on the lake?”

“We need to reach a certain pier; only from there will I know the way.”

“The way to where?”

“The way to Fortania, but before I get there, I will turn toward Promise.”

“But I do not want to go to Fortania or Promise,” she protests vehemently.

“But I do,” Nea replies rather snottily. What makes it even more annoying is that instead of showing Nea even a bit of gratitude for saving her life, she acts like a bitch and makes demands.

“Are you mad? How do you think you will get there? The closer you get to Fortania, the more Carris there will be. Without a habit and as hurt as you are, you would not come within a mile of your goal!”

Crestfallen, Nea sees that she may be right. She wanted to stubbornly stick to her plan. She also realized that she no longer has her habit or someone who could cover for her. It’s all the stranger’s fault, because of her, Nea had to leave the twins. Nea squints at the girl evilly.

“And what do you suggest instead?”

“We should go to the other side of the lake and go into the mountains.”

“Why should we go to the mountains? There is nothing there.”

The mountains are peaceful, but that alone is no reason to go there. They could easily get lost.

“I have friends on the Dementia border and I want to go back to them.”

“Then go to them. I will not keep you if that is what you intend to do,” Nea replies coldly because she does not like the decisive tone of this pregnant woman at all. Who does she think she is?

“I do not know if you have noticed, but I’m pregnant! You might be fine going through the forest alone, but me, I might get mugged or go into labor!” Her cheeks glow red, not from embarrassment, but from anger. Her anger and raised voice does not rouse Nea to want to help her.

“I think maybe you should have thought of all this before you took off from the monastery.

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