The Butcher of the Forest

by Premee Mohamed

“To delay us,” Veris said. “To lose us further in the Elmever.”

I love that the forest land is called Elmever

Of course it wasn’t him. Why didn’t I see it? She had so badly wanted to see the face of, if not a friend, someone she knew . . . Nothing in here is as it seems. I have doomed us all with my trust.