Chapter 14:
He felt like a wild animal, being driven like this, by instinct. All he knew were the constant pad of his feet and the person next to him. The constant tug in his mind only gave him the slightest respite from the day's run, and even then dreams suffocated his sleep. That night Dras Leona came into view, its foreboding walls standing high against the flat plain. They ran towards cover, a large swath of trees with a small stream leading to the massive lake in view. The throbbing in his head stopped as he looked around him, allowing him to take in his surroundings. Arya sat slumped against an oak, her chest heaving, trying to suck in as much air as possible. He waited for a while, sitting opposite her, and submerged himself again into his loneliness. He heard her breathing become deep again, instead of shallow, and he looked up to see her eyes closing slowly.
'I'm sorry' he said sadly, he had never run so fast without a break, and for him to find it impossibly difficult, for her it must have been painful.
'Don't be. Were getting slower, so you must be getting close' she smiled at him, but her face still resounded worry. Eragon wouldn't blame her. He drooped his head, and taking a deep breath he said,
'I think I know where I am going, tomorrow, rest, I'll leave early, ill be back.' Memories of his 'abandonment' of Murtagh flooded back, and he shuddered, he looked up to see a deep scowl on her face.
'Do tell me where you are so fearlessly going.' She said, it wasn't a question; it seemed like more of a command. He regarded her for a moment, taking in her forest green eyes. He answered by simply pointing, she turned her head slowly in the direction, and her eyes widened hysterically.
'What?' she choked, she began to strangle him with questions, and he let her run out of air before interjecting.
'For one, you need to rest. For two, I wish to go alone, I will tell you everything that happens, I promise.' he seemed to be promising a lot lately.
---
Eragon awoke as soon as the sun slammed against the horizon, his eyes blinked drowsily and his head beat with excitement. He pushed himself up and glanced around him, making sure she was sound asleep. With that he took water from his pack and began to run towards helgrind, where he was sure the mysterious child and his 'brother' was waiting.
---
She awoke not long after Eragon had left, as she looked around her, her anger nearly made her vision red.
No! Where is he? Barzun! I knew I should have woken earlier! She quickly pushed herself up and, leaving her things in their makeshift camp, she sprinted after him.