Rieka ran through the whole length of the forest for days none stop, at first I thought she was still in search of the witches but soon I found out that she was taking over the forest, marking it as her territory. It was an unclaimed land after all, and we were now officially rogues so having our own territory wasn't so bad.

Rieka is nothing like I had envisioned, she hardly spoke to me, hardly said anything at all, even her emotions were kept in check and I couldn't feel what she was thinking like she could feel mine, almost as if she didn't think. I don't know if...