For the next three days, Aurelia left at midnight to swim.
Being at the bottom of the lake with her eyes closed made her feel at peace. Drowning out the sounds of the world also gave her the chance to strategize.
Four days already and she was yet to be approached by any of the warriors.
Did she assume the wrong role? But she didn't exactly have a choice. Whenever she looked at anyone, they were mostly scared straight.
Lowering her head all the time was to serve as a warning to people she didn't look normal.
After thinking long and hard on what to do, she was unable to come up with anything, so she simply gave up and swam to the surface.
The air felt colder than usual, prickling against her skin, but it wasn't the temperature making her shiver.
Someone was watching.
Not wanting to make it obvious she knew there was someone watching her, she lowered her eyes and dragged herself to shore.
But this felt different from four days ago.
