


The forest seemed to fall deathly silent at that last remark, and Mark’s breath froze in his lungs. She screamed and screamed until the things left her head and crawled into mine. “Did she have a lot of pain, like Darnell?” He hoped Lana was able to learn something about what was going on. Mark squirmed in his seat, sickened by the Toad’s words. I’ve never felt so happy as when I held her, watching her die slowly in my arms.” Held her to my chest and hugged her and kissed her forehead. I could tell when it got bad for her, so I went in and held her. I’m glad she had someone to be there with her.” How can anyone abandon their best friend?” “What else would I do? She’s my best friend-the best friend I’ve ever had. “I sat at the door and talked to Misty,” the Toad said in a tired voice. Let’s begin from the second we left you at the village. I don’t know how long the things in my head will let me do it, though.


The Toad continued rocking and moaning softly. Are you feeling well enough to talk about it?” But if we’re going to help you, we need to know some things. Thankfully, Lana’s nursing instincts won out and she took the reins of the conversation. Sometimes the old man said exactly what he was thinking. “That poor kid,” he heard Alec mutter behind him, thankfully not loud enough for the Toad to hear. Mark took a few steps forward, to the side of the fire pit, and sat down. He realized that he and Trina were standing right next to each other, but neither Alec nor Lana seemed to have noticed yet. Mark took a deep breath, feeling like the situation was back under some kind of control. Several moans escaped him as he shifted, rocking back and forth on his side. Just sit down and relax.”Īfter a few seconds, Toad obeyed, collapsing to the ground in a heap, lying there like he’d been shot. And then tell us everything that’s happened since we left the village.”
