Hulda

My parents have an Inn very near the Emerald’s Pass, they have been gone for two years now. No trace…just vanished… I took over the Inn with Rhys, my husband, he is a good man.

Last year we went up there, to the Emerald’s Pass as an attempt to find my parents, the only memories I have is of a strange presence, like a force of something I shouldn’t speak of…it reminded me of stories from my childhood, a windigo hidden in the night. Something happened that night to Rhys and me, I can’t seem to recall.

All I know is that Rhys leg was broken and I had to carry him on the back of Topai, my family’s black horse. We didn’t find them that night and we haven’t tried again since then.

Today a couple has entered the Inn, they have come to celebrate their wedding and they glare with a happiness I never had…one that was obscured by my parents dissapearance, a never ending chapter in my story with no possible resolution, no exit, filled up with uncertainty.

The couple speak of going up to the Emerald’s Pass, they will be accompanied with a young woman. I fear for them…something in my heart tells me something is wrong. I wish I could find my parents and bring them back.

I wish for many things…

By Tessie Herrasti