Chronicles of Eden - Act III by Alexander Gordon Read Free Book Online

Luna asked worriedly.
    The child nodded slowly as her eyes didn’t seem to focus on the butterfly monster at all. It was as if the girl’s gaze went straight through Luna entirely.
    “Yeah,” the girl said softly.
    Falla nodded slowly then glanced to Luna with a careful eye.
    “Oh, you poor thing,” she said softly. “So you can’t see us at all, can you?”
    The child shook her head as she moved a bit in Luna’s arms. Falla nodded then motioned for Luna to let the girl go with her hands.
    “I see,” Falla said with an expecting look at Luna. “I’m sorry to hear that. Well, we must really be on our way now. Try not to fall into any more rivers, okay?”
    “Falla, we can’t leave her here like this,” Luna argued shaking her head. “She’s blind, she shouldn’t be out here all alone.”
    “Luna,” Falla said through a forced smile. “She’s not alone, I’m sure her family is close by looking for her. They’ll be along any minute now, so there’s no reason for us to be here .”
    “Where are your parents?” Luna asked the young girl. “Do you have a camp close by?”
    The child shook her head and looked down with a whimper.
    “No…”
    “She was probably traveling with her parents near here and got separated from them,” Falla reasoned. Again the child shook her head while remaining silent.
    “Then why does she have blood all over her clothes? Something happened to her,” Luna said, with the silent child nodding to that.
    “Maybe her family are traveling butchers, who knows?” Falla said throwing her arms up in the air. “The point is that her parents are going to be coming here soon and we shouldn’t be here then.”
    The young child shook her head to that while Luna looked around the area worriedly.
    “But we can’t just leave her and hope her parents find her, we should return her to them.”
    “Look,” Falla tiredly said. “If she just stays put here I’m sure her family will find her, they’re not going to just abandon her.”
    “No, they won’t come for me,” the child said sadly.
    “What do you mean they won’t?” Falla asked. “Sure they will, just, you know, stay put so they can find you.”
    “No, they won’t come for me,” the child repeated while shaking her head.
    “Why do you think they won’t?” Luna asked. “What kind of parents wouldn’t go looking for their own daughter?”
    “Because they’ve been dead ever since I could remember,” the child sadly answered. “I’m never going to be with my parents again.”
    Luna and Falla looked to each other then back to the young girl as she whimpered and wiped a few tears from her cheek.
    “You don’t have any parents?” Luna asked.
    “But then who are you out here with?” Falla asked looking around, still not seeing any sign or hearing any commotion from anyone that may be searching for the lost girl.
    “I was out here with my foster family,” the child said. “We were traveling to Ashwood because we were going to live there. But… but… but then…” She started trembling and held her arms around herself in a panic. The sisters watched the girl as she whimpered and shut her eyes tightly.
    “What happened?” Luna asked.
    The child shook her head then looked to Luna with teary eyes.
    “But then monsters came and ate them!” she cried out before clinging to Luna and crying, with Luna looking at her with surprise. She looked to Falla who had a cautious expression on her face.
    “Ate them? Monsters… ate them?” Falla questioned.
    The child nodded while crying still, keeping her face hidden in Luna’s bosom.
    “Oh no, I’m so sorry,” Luna said gently as she held the girl.
    The child trembled in her arms as she tried to control her breathing.
    “They were so nice, I thought they were friendly, how could they do such a thing?”
    “They? Who are they? You mean the monsters?” Falla asked.
    The child nodded and looked towards the sound of Falla’s voice.
    “We didn’t know they were