Tusk Love

Gone Girl

Oskar found a ride in the back of a farmer's cart and as they travelled along the long Amber Road they travelled for two days before they passed the Vardo and Oskar jumped off ready for a fight.

But he did not find what he thought he might. Instead inside the vardo was Etta worrying at the kitchen she jumped and ran to the door when he arrived. She hugged him and sobbed on his shoulder.

"The bandits took her."

"Where is Wolfgang? Staven?" Oskar asked looking around as if he might find them ready to jump out at him.

"Wolfgang tried to fight them off and and" she began to wail tears streaming down her face.

"What happened?" Oskar asked

"He is still very unwell, I know not what to do. What do I do Oskar." Etta said worrying her hands and shaking as she was sat down by Oskar in the kitchen.

"And Staven?" he asked

"He went after them," Etta said crying "both my babies are gone, and my Wolfgang is ohh," she broke into sobs and when she regained herself she said "what will I do."

Oskar knew right away what he had to do "I will go after them. Go to the city take my gold and go see a healer named Finni Norrach tell them that Oskar sent you. I will find your children."

"Oskar you are a good man." Etta patted his face. Tears still streaking down the side of her own.

"Tell that to Wolfgang when he wakes up," Oskar said before setting out on the trail of the bandits, determined to find Genevieve even if she didn't want him in return.

Oskar was not a good tracker, but he was able to find the path the bandits had taken and after a day of travel he found Staven on the same path.

"What are you doing out here?" Staven asked his eyes the same green as Genevieve's. Oskar could not meet them. He looked across the fields as they fell into step together.

"I am going to help you, I sent your parents to a healer in the city," Oskar said

"My mutter can not afford a healer."

"This one is a friend of mine, and I gave your mutter some gold," Oskar told him

There was silence.

"We will kill these men. I did not want to hurt you but you hit my vather, this could not stand"

"Do you know where they are then?" Oskar asked.

"I believe they took up in an old mill on the river," Staven said his voice unsure as he scanned the trail he was following once more. Oskar could not make heads or tails of the tracks. So he followed behind Staven.

"What happened... when... what happened?" Oskar asked finally when they had walked in silence for a long time.

"Gwen, Genevieve was found sneaking back in, by one of the woman from the other caravan. The woman draged her back and got us all up. Vather was furious and wanted to know who had... they argued and he hit Genevieve. She didn't want to tell him, but then someone said they had seen the two of you sneak off into the woods. That's when it all happened she begged him not to hurt you. That she loved you. But vather was so mad. We took off after and then yesterday they showed up, these men, my father delt with them and they said he owed them. But when he refused to pay them, they took Genevieve. And left father bleeding."

There was silence for a few moments and then Staven said "I'm going to kill them."