Thorns And The Shield

Chapter 2: The Truth (Part 1)

Two weeks after deciding that Alyssa and Emma would travel together, they finally reached their destination, which was the village of "Gale Rock" this little town was surrounded by several rocky mountains which made the little village extremely difficult to invade, as there was only one way to enter and leave the village.

"Wow, that's a really beautiful place, and also surrounded by rocks," exclaimed Alyssa.
"yea, that's true. But seeing all those rocks makes me feel secure," replied Emma.

The village in itself was modest, but still one of the very few fluent amounts of supplies and was still pretty. the sounds of all those merchants trying to sell their products, the innocent children playing happily, and the prosperous atmosphere present here, really can make you at ease. After looking around the merchant's area, they decided to get to work. they needed a house to stay in. Unfortunately, there was no guest house. Alyssa and Emma instead asked for a family if they could stay over for at least Two days. One of them accepted, it was a woman looking like an angel, she was so beautiful, her skin was smooth, she had emerald eyes, she had blonde hair and most importantly she lived alone, so it was great for both Alyssa and Emma. The woman rapidly showed the interior of her house, and then the place where they would sleep.

"Please, make yourself comfortable. I will go make the dinner for tonight," the beautiful woman said with her charming smile.
"Thank you, madam," replied Emma with a sweet voice.
"Well here we are Emma, we got a place to sleep and to eat, without the need of moving a little finger, this is super," said Alyssa with an almost joking tone.

without any hesitation, Emma smacked their head of Alyssa.
"Idiot, you think you are gonna stay like this? without helping her?" Replied Emma with an angry tone.
"Ouch! I was joking, why did you smack my head, wow, I did not know that you weren't able to take a joke. of course, I'm not gonna let her do all the work as she has now two more mouths to feed." replied Alyssa trying to justify himself.
"I hope so Alyssa!" said Emma while pouting.
"Joke apart, I feel much at ease, I was afraid that we would have to sleep with the animals, especially for you Emma," said Alyssa worried.
"Thank you for your concern Alyssa, it is indeed I must say, it is kind of you," replied Emma sweetly.

a few hours later, while both of them had made comfortable enough and chat a little bit, the beautiful woman called them for dinner.
"Dinner is served!! you two!"
"We are coming madam!!" replied both at the same time.

While eating, the beautiful woman questioned what Alyssa and Emma were doing here in this village and what they were planning to do.

"So madam What is your name?" asked politely Emma.
"My name? Oh sure, of course, you can call me Adeline." Said Adeline with a sweet smile.
"Wow, what a beautiful name Madam Adeline," replied Emma with admiration.
"Thank you cutie!" replied Adeline happily.
"My turn now, so tell me you two, you are not from this village, I never saw you around before, so why did you come here?" asked the beautiful lady.
Alyssa replied trying to be polite enough, "I'm sorry madam, but I don't think that it is your concern."
"Alyssa!" replied Emma rapidly
"It's fine sweetie, don't worry, I understand his reaction." replied the beautiful lady sweetly.
"But, madam..." replied Emma confused.
"Idiot, Alyssa don't be so rude to this lady, don't forget that she accepted to feed us, and allowed us to sleep in her house," replied Emma angrily to Alyssa.

we could see some kind of sadness and sorrow in the look of the beautiful lady. after that, the rest of the dinner went silent.

A few hours later, it was time to sleep. The beautiful lady came into Alyssa's and Emma's room to make sure that everything was fine and that they were also comfortable in their bed. after that, she went to sleep with still a sad look stuck on her face.