BarefootedFreedom
"Why can't we just go home?" Colleen asked me, practically sobbing.
"Coll, you must understand me. We can't go back. We never can."
"But why?"
"Please...Just trust me." I pleaded, hoisting her up into the saddle.
"Where are we going?"
"The forest."
"But we're not allowed to go there. Ma said it was too-"
"Ma was the one who told me to take you there!" I cut her off, jumping into the saddle.
I glanced back at the castle up on the hill, the sun rising behind it. Then, with one last glance, we rode into the woods, never to return.