#Chapter5

“Where are you going, you can’t be going out to the forest again,” Lydia said to Mariah when she stood up after dinner.

“Your mother is right, Mariah, you gave us a scare yester-night when we didn’t see you and thought something had happen to you,” Josiah added, looking up at her from his food.

“I know, father and I am sorry, I did not know when it got so late. I just want to walk around, I have been inside all day and I think I will die of loneliness here,” Mariah answered with her head lowered. Something strange is going on, she needs to know what, why...