Eternal Moment: Escape

We fell asleep a few hours later, or at least he did. I crept over to his pack and dug through it for some money. I found around a hundred milaires. I crept away from the camp. I then broke into a run, running as fast as I possibly could.

It was around ten minutes later when I was caught. He tied my hands together loosely with some rope he got from his pack. My long hair hanging loosely around me, it would get in the way of the rope.

He led me back to camp where I was tied to a leash attached to the base of that small bush. He went through his pack and frowned. I watched him as he came over to me and held out his hand. I gave him back his money.

He took it contently and went back to the other side of the fire. I saw him get something out of his pack, but I didn’t know what it was until he brought it over to me, along with a small blanket.

It was a small envelope with my name on it. I tore it open and examined the letter that was inside.

Serenity,
We the government of this country hereby sentence you to life in exile. This young boy who is accompanying you shall act as your escort.

You are being exiled for two reasons. The first is because you are guilty of high treason, for doing the bidding of Raenef under his control. The second reason is because you killed your family and three other people who tried to restrain you.

Your sentence was originally death, but we had decided to lighten your sentence because you are only seventeen, and because you had no idea what you were doing.

I couldn’t read anymore of the letter. I turned my head to the side and threw up all the food I had eaten that day. The sobbing started again, only this time there was no hugs.

“How far away is the border?” I asked Jeremy.

“About a half a year away.” He replied.