Chapter 61 — Unexpected Confessions

• They had been walking for over an hour with Lily somehow finding herself at the front, the priestess and the now quiet Ralph behind her and the grim looking soldiers at the rear end. Their small group had let the silence envelop them and not a soul broke it. It seemed that every one had settled for his own thoughts and there were no more gossiping. The soldiers had grown tired if talking and bored of repeating the same topic over and over when there was clearly nothing about again. It was a temporary refute and Lily welcomed it.
• The silence cleared her anger and irritation and she was starting to feel remorse for the soldiers themselves. Taught and trained to be fearless and brave, they were clearly not expecting to be marching to the wolf kingdom with no plan or prospects in mind. Lily thought that maybe she'd been a little short with them and they deserved a break. Besides, she thought glancing up at the gradually darkening sky. They deserved a rest. They weren't machines.
• She paused, making Ralph pause and the group behind the priestess to pause as well, giving her curious but tired looks. They wanted to know why she'd stopped, maybe go inspect the ground or the trees as she had once done earlier back. Lily guessed their thoughts correctly it seemed, because when she did neither of these things, they frowned.