I Don't Hate You

Luke tended to her wound as gently as he could with his complete focus on.

'Though cold outside, he is truly warm inside, just those rare times he speaks, his words are often brutal to hear. It's been four months since we met, but he never gave me a reason to be wary of him. In fact, I feel as if I am always safe with him. A simple and good-hearted man, he is…

'I wonder if he will treat me the same if he knows I am a woman, given how he runs away from girls in the village and even rejects marriage proposals. Sometimes, I feel like he hates womankind, except for his mother. I better not let him know about me till I leave the village and disappear with my Grandpa.' 

She sighed inwardly, thinking of their nomadic lifestyle. Perhaps, it would be time to move to a new place by the end of winter.