understanding that she needed comforting. She pulled away and held my face with both of her hands, smiling through her tears. How did she still look good with her face red and blotchy from crying? It’s just not fair.
“You saved our daughter. How can we ever repay you?”
Anabelle! “Oh my god, how is she? Is she okay? I must have passed out, I left her there unprotected!”
“No, no! She’s fine, she’s eating some of her Frozen cupcakes as we speak, happily babbling away about her ‘exciting adventure’ as she calls it.”
I laughed and breathed a huge sigh of relief that she was going to be okay, and no permanent damage had been caused.
“God, I was so scared.” I said, before Jasmine looked at me with compassion in her eyes.
“Me too!” She said, smiling at me and wiping the tears from her cheeks. “She must have run out when I turned my back for a second. The little menace is extremely good at hiding, which has taken years off my life, I can tell you.”
“I didn’t even know she was there, until I heard her scream as she fell in to the water. I jumped in, but it was so close, I almost didn’t reach her in time. She was unconscious but I managed to revive her, god if I’d even been a few minutes longer. I’ve never been more scared in my life!”
Jasmine closed her eyes, as if trying not to imagine the horror of the situation.
“Try not to think about what could have happened, and let’s focus on what did happen. You saved our daughters life. She was scared when we first asked her what happened, but by the end it was like an action story where you were her hero. Apparently, she followed you because you’re her new friend and she just slipped as she was walking down the stream. She doesn’t remember much after that, but she says she woke up to you shaking her and holding her, and now you’re her hero.”
“It’s all my fault.”
“No! No, it’s not your fault that she followed you. I should have gone to check on her once Noah had put her down to sleep, I know what she’s like. My husband is a good tracker, and he wasn’t far behind but I’m so thankful that you spotted her when you did, and she didn’t fall in anywhere else. Jackson was following not far behind, and after finding you unconscious he carried you back here as fast he could.” I felt kind of sad that I had missed being held in Jackson’s strong arms, but then something else came back to me, and I gasped as I remember what else had happened.
“Are you okay?” Jasmine asked, looking at me with concern.
“Did Anabelle tell you about the wolf?”
“Erm…wolf?”
“Yes! There was a huge wolf, the biggest one I’ve ever seen and it was coming right for us. I know it sounds crazy, I guess you don’t have wolves here but I swear it was real. Something spooked it though, and it ran off. Maybe Anabelle doesn’t remember.”
“Probably.” Jasmine cleared her throat, and started fussing with the blankets around me. “Do you want anything to eat? You need to rest but I can bring you up some of my soup if you like? Presuming that the guys downstairs haven’t eaten it all, of course.”
Trying to put the thoughts of the strange wolf out of my head, I nodded and leaned back against the pillows, exhausted even though I had only just woken up. Jasmine left the room, and I heard her talking to someone just outside the door, but I couldn’t make out what she was saying. The door opened again, and my heart rate increased as I saw Jackson walking in to the room. He came to sit on the side of the bed nearest me, and I struggled not to pounce on him when I saw how delicious he looked right then. He’d clearly just come out of the shower, with his hair wet and a fresh scent following him. He really did smell good. He looked at me for a moment, before he reached his hand over to softly stroke the side of my face, causing my heart to beat erratically inside my chest. I swore he could hear every beat, as I struggled to
“You saved our daughter. How can we ever repay you?”
Anabelle! “Oh my god, how is she? Is she okay? I must have passed out, I left her there unprotected!”
“No, no! She’s fine, she’s eating some of her Frozen cupcakes as we speak, happily babbling away about her ‘exciting adventure’ as she calls it.”
I laughed and breathed a huge sigh of relief that she was going to be okay, and no permanent damage had been caused.
“God, I was so scared.” I said, before Jasmine looked at me with compassion in her eyes.
“Me too!” She said, smiling at me and wiping the tears from her cheeks. “She must have run out when I turned my back for a second. The little menace is extremely good at hiding, which has taken years off my life, I can tell you.”
“I didn’t even know she was there, until I heard her scream as she fell in to the water. I jumped in, but it was so close, I almost didn’t reach her in time. She was unconscious but I managed to revive her, god if I’d even been a few minutes longer. I’ve never been more scared in my life!”
Jasmine closed her eyes, as if trying not to imagine the horror of the situation.
“Try not to think about what could have happened, and let’s focus on what did happen. You saved our daughters life. She was scared when we first asked her what happened, but by the end it was like an action story where you were her hero. Apparently, she followed you because you’re her new friend and she just slipped as she was walking down the stream. She doesn’t remember much after that, but she says she woke up to you shaking her and holding her, and now you’re her hero.”
“It’s all my fault.”
“No! No, it’s not your fault that she followed you. I should have gone to check on her once Noah had put her down to sleep, I know what she’s like. My husband is a good tracker, and he wasn’t far behind but I’m so thankful that you spotted her when you did, and she didn’t fall in anywhere else. Jackson was following not far behind, and after finding you unconscious he carried you back here as fast he could.” I felt kind of sad that I had missed being held in Jackson’s strong arms, but then something else came back to me, and I gasped as I remember what else had happened.
“Are you okay?” Jasmine asked, looking at me with concern.
“Did Anabelle tell you about the wolf?”
“Erm…wolf?”
“Yes! There was a huge wolf, the biggest one I’ve ever seen and it was coming right for us. I know it sounds crazy, I guess you don’t have wolves here but I swear it was real. Something spooked it though, and it ran off. Maybe Anabelle doesn’t remember.”
“Probably.” Jasmine cleared her throat, and started fussing with the blankets around me. “Do you want anything to eat? You need to rest but I can bring you up some of my soup if you like? Presuming that the guys downstairs haven’t eaten it all, of course.”
Trying to put the thoughts of the strange wolf out of my head, I nodded and leaned back against the pillows, exhausted even though I had only just woken up. Jasmine left the room, and I heard her talking to someone just outside the door, but I couldn’t make out what she was saying. The door opened again, and my heart rate increased as I saw Jackson walking in to the room. He came to sit on the side of the bed nearest me, and I struggled not to pounce on him when I saw how delicious he looked right then. He’d clearly just come out of the shower, with his hair wet and a fresh scent following him. He really did smell good. He looked at me for a moment, before he reached his hand over to softly stroke the side of my face, causing my heart to beat erratically inside my chest. I swore he could hear every beat, as I struggled to
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