We changed direction and started walking toward it. Bone took the lead, with me right behind him. Jugo followed close behind me, while the silent girl stayed at the far back. The old woman, Saka, stuck close to Bone's side, almost clinging to him.
With every step, the Circle felt darker. The light seemed to fade faster than it should, the shadows growing longer and thicker.
"Gods, old hag, get away from me, will ya?" Bone grumbled, shrugging Saka off.
Jugo glanced back over his shoulder. "What is your name, girl?"
The silent girl stayed quiet for a long moment, then exhaled. "Mio."
We kept walking toward the hut.
A few minutes later we reached it. The building looked poorly handmade, crooked wooden walls, a sagging roof, the door completely missing, and the windows cracked and broken.
I glanced around and spotted the door a few meters away, ripped apart by something and thrown aside like it weighed nothing.
