Their fingers still laced together; Cassius matched her gate as they walked through the forest. Although she had been visiting the forest quite frequently after her brief stint in the Otherworld, it had been several weeks since she had even stepped amongst the quiet serenity of its slumbering trees and creatures. Always seeming to rush from one disaster to the next, Aribelle regretted that she was now presented with very few opportunities to return to the forest recently.
