Bab 200: Domains of Darkness (2)

"I don't think that's a good idea at all," Li Yang said. 

Setsuko glared at him. "You always tell me things lately and yet right now you aren't saying anything at all. What's wrong with you...?" The woman's voice eventually trailed off as she started to connect the pieces. "Why are you here in the first place? Didn't the High Priestess—"

"Tell me to stay in the room? There's not much of a room anymore," Li Yang said. He might have said it with a slight sense of humor, but as he looked at Setsuko covered in mud, dirt and what might have been blood… the reality of things just weighed heavier in his mind.

"What did you say?" Setsuko's eyes widened.

Did he really just think he could get away by not being completely upfront with Setsuko? He grabbed her hand and started pulling her away from their spot. The two of them travelled deeper into the forest. "I need a way out of here if you know a path out. Search for the fastest way out."