I had no idea where I was going but I had to get away from this place. Samuel had done something so terrible that everyone in the family would not believe it. I had been killed, I had died, shot. Samuel had done it on purpose. My heart still longed to be with my family, my daughter, but I could not for to them I was dead. Who knows how long it would be that Samuel would kill me again and Claire might not be there to save me that time. So I kept walking. The moonlight was just enough so I could see through the woods. "Shssssshshshsh" someone was coming through the forest so fast hitting everything they could find. I slid behind a tree hoping I could be invisible to the upcoming enemy….or not. I crouched so slowly down beside the tree hoping that would be enough cover for now. Looking up I saw the bewildered face of the one I loved. "Lyy...dd…ii...aaa.", "how did you…." He didn't get to finish. I bounded up and kissed him. I saw pain so much pain and suffering, but now happiness and love. He thought I was dead, but a relief to him and me I was not. Claire had saved me out of the goodness of her heart. I knew I had to repay her. I could see it in her eyes, she loved the carnival, so much, but Samuel and her dad had made it complicated to stay there. I had a mission a mission to save our family, but not Samuel. He was not family and everybody deep down knew it. "Edgar…"? I said breaking away from our passionate kiss and my swirling thoughts "there is someone we need to find." I indicated lifting off part of my shirt to expose a tattoo of three people. Claire, Noah, and an unknown individual. I pointed to the unknown one and explained. "Samuel said he had fund a new Joseph, I think that's him, we can save our family if we find him." Edgar backed away hand to his chin thinking. "I know that guy I fought him when I was trying to get a compass. Bennet was
With him". "Samuel is hiding Noah; I know where I will go see if he knows this guy." And he was gone. I was alone in the cold.