21 June, 2021. Today we went back to the cabin, spending the past week dithering and putting it off. We didn't want to, and actually Theo and Lydia got into rather a hated debate about it. Theo wanted to leave well enough alone, but Lydia has never been one to leave anything alone. Just the tone and strength of her voice was enough to persuade him. She can be truly a frightening woman when she wants to be. No wonder Philip couldn't break her. In fact, she has become our de facto leader. Even to me the word of Lydia is law. Even walking for one hour to get to the cabin she took the lead and we all followed her obediently, like little children walking behind their kindergarten teacher.
We somehow lost our way to the cabin. We still don't know how it happened. Instead of taking us to the clearing, we began to penetrate more deeply into the forest. Rhona expressed surprise that the trail appeared to be so well maintained, because we couldn't imagine anyone being present to cut the underbrush. Also to our surprise, no one seemed scared, frustrated or nervous about being lost. We simply penetrated even deeper into the forest.
I don´t know who first became aware of this, but soon it became clear that we had company. It was a tall young man, dressed in a white robe. He had blue eyes and blonde hair, and Theo and Rhona both recognized the man who had tricked and abducted them to the mansion...
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