Chapter 12: What was gained
-Fourteen years ago-
It has been three days since the monster attacked Scarlett's disciples.
Scarlett woke up in a cold sweat in her tent. She had a terrible nightmare, but couldn't recall what it was. She could only recall vague images of a circle carved into stone with blood in the center.
She was starting to feel the time she spent here was weighing on her and was glad that they would be leaving in the next few days.
She was still disappointed that there was no interesting information beyond the existence of this place, but she needed to hide these feelings from Rana. After what she said to Rana yesterday, Scarlett would feel hypocritical if she knew, so she needed to hide them.
She went through her morning routine for the next hour and prepared for the day. Scarlett left her tent and saw Jere up early in the morning doing push ups.
Jere was shirtless with sweat dripping off his well toned muscle.
“He’s such a health freak.” Scarlett thought to herself.
It was Jere's’ morning ritual that made her feel a little guilty for not being more health conscious herself.