Chapter 101 AURORA Nausea took me over as I looked at Dane and Trajan .

I didnt even think about it .

I knew she was employed by the Reeds .

I should have wondered where she came from .

I should have wondered why and how she showed up now , at such a convenient time .

But I met her away from everyone else , when I was down in Atlanta , and it felt like I ran into her on accident … My knees went weak .

Dane grabbed me and led me to a chair as horror overwhelmed me .

Goddess .

Tristan and Seraphina .

Its my fault .

Its all my fault ! Dane knelt in front of me .

We dont know for sure it was her .

She could have been a victim of the Reeds just as casily as you .

They could have found a way to threaten her .

Maybe blackmail her .

Does she have any family of her own ? Maybe the Reeds .

dont have the children .

Maybe she took them to her family and is hiding with them .

Try to remember .

I took a shuddering breath and flicked through my fragmented memories .

It was hard , because even though they were becoming more solid all the time , they were all so terrible I didnt want to look at them and see .

I didnt want to remember .

I thought back to my earliest days , when the Reeds would spend the day training or purifying me , and then Mrs.

Jamison would come to me .

She would bring me food , bathe me , tell me Chapter 101 stories .

was so young back

she would say … I have a little girl just like you … A daughter ! I said

a

I dont

else about her

Dane nodded .

get my people

still on Remingtons trail , but I have others

can- Trajan

Dane and I said at

glanced at

raised a brow at him , and

help them once youve slept at

voice was light , but guilt

was all so

of me wished the earth would open up and swallow me ,

part of me knew that even if it did , I would wear my fingers to the bone to dig myself out , because no part

if I wore myself out , or Dane , or Trajan , I would lose

, and … Wait , I said , new fear taking hold

the woods on the edge of Broken Forest land that night

in the coldest part of the dark,

until I found the twins , and my gut told

Close .

I was cold , isolated ,

country with wilderness wilder than anything I had experienced back home

what Dane and Aurora said

my charges

Id failed them .

he failed to protect two children ? Family

to hear the back and forth chatter of the High Alpine

grown up right in the heart of the pack

up , I thought I had a special place in

could never show my face to them again any of them , including Aurora if I didnt fix this

the forest

was best for living outside , covering distance

land was rough

lot of it was mountains

, steep slopes , and hidden ravines

was late summer , so the streams and rivers I crossed

far from the Reed pack house far from everything when I lifted my nose and scented

fur on the back of my neck stood on end , and

there was a path through the trees that

it was used by

Like Waylon Reed .

I picked my way through the underbrush , following the

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