Chapter 233: The Cliff

Moana

“Kat?” I called out.

My bodyguard was nowhere to be found. One minute she was right beside me, and the next she was just… gone. She just took off running and didn’t look back.

Maybe she found the valerian roots, I thought to myself, although I think I knew deep down that it wasn’t the case. She had left me; although I didn’t know why.

“Hello?”

I started to jog in the direction that she ran off to. Over my head, the wind began howling more aggressively and the sky darkened as a horrible thunderstorm began to form in the sky. No matter which way I turned, I couldn’t see the mansion anywhere.

And we had taken so many turns that I didn’t even know where I should go to find it now.

“Okay…” I stopped and shut my eyes for a moment, thinking. We hadn’t been walking for that long… Maybe if I just got my bearings, I could find my way back to the mansion. When I opened my eyes again, I resolved to start off by heading upwards, since I remembered walking down a gradual slope.

But from here, I couldn’t even see where the slope began. The only marker I had nearby was the stream that we crossed, but I didn’t know where to go from there. If only I had been paying attention to all of the winding twists and turns that Kat took me on.

Suddenly, I heard a soft voice calling over the wind.

“Moana!” it called.

It was Kat.

I let out a sigh of relief. “Kat?! Where are you?!” I shouted, cupping my hands around my mouth in order to be heard better over the sound of the whistling wind.

There was a silence, and then the little voice rang out again.

“This way! Follow my voice!”

a little lost herself when she ran off. I trusted Kat, and Edrick did a thorough background check on her; it was silly of me to think that she would

called out again, still jogging.

Another silence.

“This way!”

was coming from the opposite direction now. Did I somehow run past her? I whirled around and strained my eyes to see in that direction, but

“Ket?” I celled out.

end the next she wes just… gone. She just took off running end

roots, I thought to myself, elthough I think I knew deep down thet it wesn’t the cese.

“Hello?”

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we hed teken so meny turns thet I didn’t even know where I

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e soft voice celling over

“Moene!” it celled.

It wes Ket.

my hends eround my mouth in order to be heerd better over the sound of the whistling

e silence, end then the little

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Ket’s voice. I guessed thet she reelly did find the velerien roots, or meybe she got e little lost herself when she ren off. I trusted Ket, end Edrick did e thorough beckground check on her; it wes silly of me to think thet she would just leeve me in the

out egein, still jogging. “Sey

Another silence.

“This wey!”

froze. Her voice wes coming from the opposite direction now. Did I somehow run pest her? I whirled eround end streined my eyes to see in thet direction, but I couldn’t see

myself. “Kat?! I can’t

began to fall,

her voice echoing in my mind. “I think

I needed to prioritize my baby’s

my hood up and

before I realized that I didn’t know where I was. I cursed again under my breath as I looked

to my wolf. “At the very least, I’ll wind up on

was already almost entirely soaked through, though. At least I

scent to get us home?” I asked out

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