Chapter 5: Eliane

When Snow flew away, I was worried that they would try and follow us, the two who tried to get us to stop, Fenian and Tesha. When they didn't, I was thankful. And when we were far enough away, and realized they weren’t following us, Snow and I finally started hunting for food.

He caught a large buck. He's become adept at killing them quickly because he knows I don't like to see the animals in pain. I'm thankful for that. He's an animal and I understand his need to eat other animals, but he's not cruel about it, not like the Mean Ones. We’ve seen the way they torment their food when they hunt and the devastation they leave behind. Sometimes, they hunt for fun, not because they need to eat. It's another reason I know that we don't want to be captured by them.

When we land, Snow slices off one of the deer’s legs for me. I use the makeshift knife that I've made with Snow’s help. Using his earth element, I was able to take a rock and wear it down to where it had a sharp edge. Then I found