Hidden Paradise, part four

Having slept over and eaten breakfast with Grey’s family, who sympathized with my plight, I was now back in the forest, the crisp air cooling my inner fire.

I’m still angry at Mother for treating me like I’m cattle to be traded for money. As if I don’t have a will of my own.

But the bigger problem is that my people are stuck in the past. They want to hold onto tradition with an iron vice…