Don't hesitate to come back home

" Don't hesite to come back home if you can't take it. If you see no other way out. We love you and you will always have a place here." Beren says, looking at you tenderly. You had never seen him like that. "Whatever happens to you, I will always be on your side, you remember that, don't you ?"

You nod and you feel tears well up in your eyes, although you struggle to hold them back. Seeing your mother cry earlier made you feel like you were heading into a catastrophe. You remember that your mother always used to exaggerate everything. Now, listening to what Beren was saying, you knew for certain that the road you had chosen was not the easiest one and that you may very well find misfortune.

Still, your brother had just made certain that you had an escape route. You didn't know if his orders would last long enough to be helpful but you still felt better. In any case, only a nobleman or a sorcerer's orders would weigh more than his and you had every intention to stay far away from both.

You look at your brother a last time and offer him another kiss without being asked, a very chaste one and you smile. He smiles back, almost strained and you feel as if he wants to say something but he just wishes you farewell and you embark upon your journey.

You have no idea where to go and now that you know that any man can command you to do whatever he wants, you decide to only take small roads, lest you encounter an unsavory character.

The journey is uneventful but you find you rather miss your brother's presence already. You hadn't noticed how much time you spent with each other until you no longer have him with you.

You are suddenly disturbed from your thoughts when you hear a faint tjudding sound ahead, which you decide to investigate. You immediately hide behind a tree when you gaze at the spectacle in front of you.

You see a group of rather ill dressed and dirty men gathered around a petite brunette shivering on the ground. She's obviously distressed.

"Come here, pretty thing" says the balding one in front. "Let me see you crawl" The poor girl crawls to him all along whining and crying "no, no, no...".

"We don't like defiant girls, do we ? I have something for you to plug your mouth with" he laughs while un buttoning his pants. She whimpers even more piteously but she does as he says and begins sucking him off vigorously. As though she were not protesting and shivering a short while ago.

You are horrified by what you see, your heart beats a hundred miles an hour and your legs tremble and struggle to hold you up. You have a brief thought about helping the girl but you are clearly outnumbered and out powered. And at this point, you are sure the other girl wouldn't even comply with you she is so absorbed.

You decide you have to leave her here even though you feel guilty. Frankly there's nothing you could do. The girl is already being taken in all her orifices. You didn't know how much you were sheltered until this point. You thought your little escapades with Beren were wild enough and now you understand that you hadn't even scratched the surface of the things you could have done together. You feel a faint regret at that.

After some time has passed, the sun is beginning to set and you have to decide what to do next. Do you venture into the forest and make camp there ? If you do that, you have less chance of encountering other travellers but you might stumble upon some other mysterious danger. Or do you decide to check into the inn you know is there the next town over ? You would be safer there for the night, provided you get the in time. After all, love could be closer to home than expected.