Era Longman wiggled her toes over the edge, feeling the expanse below her. Her face was covered in tear streaks, dirt and just a little bit of blood from where her father had hit her.
The height began to weigh on her so she backed up a few inches and shivered from a breeze that swept over her skin. Era sniffed and wiped a fresh tear from her eye. She had been out a night and a day without food, water or shelter. She stood at the northern end of the forest, not where the road was, but to the east of that, where she could stand from a cliff and see the lights if the city. There were extra lights on this night for it was the night of the harves