207 Leaving

CHAPTER 207

'Oh, he wasn't watching me, but it still doesn't explain why he was there at that moment.' She thought again. 'Is he hiding something from me?'

"I was already on my way when I recalled you had little or no food left with you and I had all the fruits from the forest peak in my bag. Without much thought, I ran back to give them to you. That was when I heard your voice and I got there just in time to see her throw you two into the mist."

He stood up and walked to the entrance of the cave and fixed his gaze on the valley's entrance far away.

"I fought with her, but ended up with the same fate as you did."

"I am sorry, Jareth," she apologized, not because she had doubted his sudden appearance but for the trouble his concern for her had caused him.

"What are you sorry for?"