The Expedition: Chapter 11
Amelia walked in her old clothes and left her new friends behind. The dawn had just started to break, and she walked in the direction the scouts told her to travel to reach her father's camp. She sighed as the doubts crept into her mind. She could walk into her father's camp and forget about them all. Her father would welcome her with open arms, and she would never say a thing about what she did with them, how she loved Fayla, and how the tribe of pilgrims took her in as one of their own. She could return to her old life, her studies, and ask to be sent home and never think of this place again. She wouldn't need to face these truths that plagued her heart. But what good was this life without living? Without taking action to stop this evil and protect those who couldn't defend themselves from being enslaved and killed? Who would teach those who came later if no one stood up for those being taken by force for slaves or death? What good were her people if they wen