[Shadowed Path 02] - Candle In The Storm - Plot & Excerpts
It was much lighter. Before she headed off, she turned to bid farewell. Honus was shuffling his feet to rub away the map. She wanted to say something that would put his soul at ease but realized words were incapable of such a feat. In the end, all she uttered was “Goodbye.”Yim made her way to the brook with meticulous care in order to leave no sign of her passage. When she reached the water, she waded into it and began to dash upstream. Counting on the current to wash away her tracks, she ran as fast as possible. Honus had advised her to stay in the water only a brief while, since it was an obvious way to avoid making a trail. “The trick,” he had said, “is not to let him know where you left the water. Then climb the southern mountain. Leave no trace for Gatt to follow. When you reach the next valley, head east, not west.”Recalling Honus’s instructions made Yim think of him dying alone. The image tore at her heart. I can’t go back to him , she thought. He wants me safe .
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