Elias saw them first. He felt the familiar cold spike of fear in his gut. He stood up slowly, keeping Maya behind him, his hands raised in a gesture that was half-plea and half-shield.
The leader, a boy barely twenty with a jagged scar across his eyebrow, smirked. "This isn't a campsite, old man. It’s an eyesore."
She stirred, pulling away from the protection of his coat. Aside from the terror in her wide eyes, she was safe. She looked at his bruised face and the blood on his brow, her lower lip trembling as she reached out to touch his shoulder.
Elias saw them first. He felt the familiar cold spike of fear in his gut. He stood up slowly, keeping Maya behind him, his hands raised in a gesture that was half-plea and half-shield.
The leader, a boy barely twenty with a jagged scar across his eyebrow, smirked. "This isn't a campsite, old man. It’s an eyesore." homeless dad and daughter gets beat up the end
She stirred, pulling away from the protection of his coat. Aside from the terror in her wide eyes, she was safe. She looked at his bruised face and the blood on his brow, her lower lip trembling as she reached out to touch his shoulder. Elias saw them first