Again with the stopping? Please tell me...PLEASE tell me she won't always do this. We'll never get anywhere...
Cain had slowed his walking pace, tilting his head back in slight annoyance. He tilted his head from sick to side, then looked at her with a deep sigh.
"Lilana, there's nothing to be afraid of." He said, trying to gentle his voice, and possibly his eyes. It didn't sounds like he did, but she could tell he was at least trying a little bit.
An arm lifted in a hooking position. It was the type of gesture where a man asks a woman to take his arm. Weather it be for a special occasion or not. This gesture, was for protection on his part.
His other hand lifted, motioning for her to come back over from her safety of the tree, towards him once more.
"You're with me, so you're safe, no one's gonna try to hurt you."Cain added, the gentle tones in his voice finally coming forwards. He really did want to at least try for the time being, or so it seemed at the moment.
At least he wasn't yelling at her, or leaving her behind on this trail. Leaving her for even more people to hurt her, like the moronic men before.
As close to the town the two were, they could hear the now noises of the town folk and the businesses in which it held beyond the gates.