45 Flame Manipulation (1/2)

Linri and Jaime were standing before the entrance of the temple. Up close it looked really eerie, the whole temple was covered in vines and the stone under neat it looked like it could give in any minute. Now that he was before the entrance he had a murky dark feeling in his heart. Something inside him was warning him of the danger but he had no choice, he had to go in.

Linri took off his backpack and looked at Jaime.

”Are you ready? You can still turn back you know, you don't have to risk your life. I know that I would not come if it were you in this situation.” Jaime rolled her eyes at him. They had already talked about this before coming here. At the time she had said she wanted to help because she felt indebted to the Harclaw family but the real reason was she that she was afraid. She was afraid to be left alone.

She did not have any family or friends here, the closest thing to a friend she had was Linri and Brie. She feared that if Linri did not come back there would be no one left in this world she can trust. She was even afraid that she would not be able to leave this country alive so her life depended on Arkady and Lyra as much as Linri's was. Well, at least she felt that way.

”Well, I am taking your silence as a no then. Get your backpack we need to do an inventory check. Knife?” Jaime took off her backpack just like him and opened it.

”Check!”

”Flashlight”

”Check!”

”Rope”

”Check”

”Emergency provisions”

”Check”

Linri kept naming stuff and Jaime kept answering check. They had already done this before leaving the camp behind but there was no harm in checking twice or even three times. Some of the things in here could save their lives.

”Okay seems like we are ready. Let's go!” Linri faked being enthusiastic in order to relax the mood. There was a high chance of death so the mood was obviously tense.