After winding through the streets from
the City Centre, I finally speak up. “Owen, do you even know where we are?” He
pauses before answering me.
“Yes. Sort of?” Another pause. He sighs.
“No, okay? I lied. I got distracted and this city is built like a maze! Who
designed this place?!” He raises his hands up in the air, gesturing at the city
walls. He lets them fall back down to his sides.
We keep on walking and he glances down
alleyways as we pass them. Owen glances down another, passes it, changes his
mind at the last second and grabs my arm as he swings me around toward the
alley.
“Ah! Owen!” I giggle and steady myself
as I skid to a stop beside him.
“Sorry! It’s this way, I swear.” I give
him a look and he squirms underneath my glare. “I’m sure this time!” he says
and grabs my arm. I groan as he drags me along.
The snow has mostly melted already with
the afternoon sun, and Owen and I have peeled off our winter jackets, stuffing
hats and mitts into the sleeves so they don’t get lost.
We walk for a while longer and just before
I’m about to blame Owen again for getting us lost, he smacks a hand over my
mouth. “Shhh.” He whispers and shoves me into a small doorway, hiding us from
whatever is up ahead.
I peek out from behind Owen’s large
frame and the doorway, trying to get a look at what he saw. A little way s ahead
of us is a group of men that are surrounding another man. The man is backed p
against the wall, his posture emanating anger, and he points an accusing finger
at one of the other men.
I glance over at the other
man, but his face is hidden behind the bodies of those beside him. A few broken
phrases reach my ears.
