29. The Tragedy in Forest

I lay weak on a warm soft bed. My eyes are hard to open, it's like there's glue covering my eyelids. My ears can only hear conversations from foreign voices that I don't recognize.

"If she wakes up, just give her some food and ask her where her house is. We have to look for another human trapped in the forest."

What about that forest? So, I'm not in the forest. So where am I now? Tarique, where is he?

"Hey, you awake?"

My eyes opened, and a dark-skinned woman with white teeth greeted me with a sweet smile.

"Where am I?" I asked. I tried to sit up even though my whole body ached. My eyes look around this place. I was in the little hut. Apart from this young lady, two mature women were watching me.

"You are not one of them but you are a bone of contention among them, what do you have pretty girl?" asked one of the larger ones. Was there a fight last night. The alpha female had asked for protection and I felt something strange.

It is impossible for me to explain who I am and what t