Chapter 43

Adaah

I walked inside the woods holding a finger of my dad. A river on the other side caught my attention. My little fingers wrap around his big finger tightly while jumping and running towards it in exultation. 

“Princess, don’t jump. Or you will fall.” He cautions me gently with a tender smile on his face. I swam in the river and played with the flowers beside it which were gently swaying with the breeze. A beautiful butterfly caught my attention. It was sitting on a flower, sucking the honey. I tiptoed nearer to catch it, but it flew away. I ran behind to catch hold of it, ignoring the warnings from my dad to go unescorted. I hid behind the bushes and jumped into the alleys and finally caught the butterfly.

It was the time of dusk, and the sun was setting. My dad’s voice on the other side of the river caught my attention. My mother joined him in calling me with agony. Suddenly there was a spread of wildfire. It felt deadly as thou