Chapter 85: Chapter 85 : It’s a war

Ella's eyes shot open when she heard the crunching of leaves from a distance outside the tent, at first she thought it was just a woodland creature or something but the pattern of the crunching sounded a lot like footsteps. She closed her eyes and focused on the noise and she heard breathing, breathing that didn't belong to any animal she knew. There was a human or humans walking around outside in the dark.

Ella looked down at the dark haired man who was fast asleep on her chest and nudged him, "Adam, there's someone outside."

"Mmmh your skin is so soft.." the man mumbled and went back to sleep.

Ella rolled her eyes. She looked to the exit of the tent and focused her hearing on the outside. The presence there was certainly not an animal, but again after focusing she could tell that it wasn't human either. What was that?