Chapter 02

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The rain had stopped, and he put me down under a huge tree. My eyes never left his sight.

"I'll be right back." He quietly said and walked away.

After a few minutes, he came back with small firewoods and put them down right in front of me. Then he sat down next to me.

"What I'm gonna do next... might shock you." He said. "I want you to relax and know that I swear I'm only doing this to help you."

"What are you talking about?" I asked, because I really had no idea what he was talking about.

He closed his eyes shut and inhaled deeply before exhaling. He then focused his eyes on the firewood in front of us and held his hand out to them. Fire flickered on his palm and he directed them to the firewood with control. The fire then extinguished from his palm.

I gritted my teeth. I stood up immediately just to fall down again on my bump. "You liar!" I hissed.

He stood up and tried to walk closer to me, "I know, and there is a good reason I did that. I didn't want you to freak out. When I said I really wanted to help you, I didn't lie about that part. If I told you what I was would you come with me?"

At this point I am scared. He just lied to me, how can I trust him?

"Look. Let's just start over. My name is Hendery and I am a firebender. It wasn't a coincidence that I found you. I've been tracking you down-"

"Y-you were tracking me down??" I said in disbelief.

"Yes and for and only for good reasons, we want to save you," Hendery said.

After he said that, tons of questions flooded my mind. "From what?" I hissed.

"From—"

"And we?"

"Juli, please! I can explain—"

"So..." I interrupted him again., raising my eyebrow at him. "Will you be telling the truth from now on?"

"Yes!" He said immediately.

"Then answer this... do you or do you not know anything... anything about those bastards who got me?" I asked.

The sound of the flickering fire filled up the air. He seemed to be hesitating to answer.

That was when I knew he knew. "So... who are they?"

In defeat, he gulped nervously. "They were a group of bounty hunters."

"Let me guess, for people like me?"

Hendery was about to say something but stopped himself. He looked so confused and he seemed afraid.

"Just fucking tell me." I  interrupted his thoughts.

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