Jane snuggled up in Noah’s arms and said while crying, “Alright, Noah. How fated we are. Your name, Noah, means ‘to rest’, and my name, Jane, carries the meaning that ‘God is gracious’. This is how fated we are. We are not leaving here anymore. We will just hide and rest here. God will be gracious to us. In case we have successfully dodged this, then we’ll be victorious!”

As she said that, the three of them then went into the cave again.

Inside the narrow cave, the three of them nestled against each other and spent another night.

Jane had not eaten for two days.

She was so hungry that her lips had cracked and a layer of skin had come off. She was also feeling very light-headed. Noah’s mother was lying motionless on the pile of grass with her eyes shut.

Noah was afraid that something bad might happen to his mother, so he would call out from time to time, “Mom…”

His mother would then say firmly, “I’m fine. I just don’t want to waste any energy.”

Noah did not know what to feel ab