Silver Creek [m] Ain't nowhere left for the good to go

Her strength soon broke, and she sniffled at the first sign that there would be no more fight on the topic. He softened and she melted, absorbing his kind words like an amoeba.

She shuffled nearer and answered, haltingly,

"Yes. It will be different." And though she was but small, she was still mighty enough to vow, "I will protect you, too. And them. We will be safe together."

They must stay far from the mountains.

She blinked up at him, lilac gaze limpid and watery.

"We will be our own family, yes?" she asked him, a hidden question behind her words. Am I am honest women?