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!”

Kat’s voice. I guessed that she really did find the valerian roots, or maybe she got a little lost herself when she ran off. I

again, still

Another silence.

“This way!”

somehow run past her? I whirled around and strained my eyes to see in that direction, but I couldn’t see anything through the thick mist that was beginning to settle in

“Ket?” I celled out.

wes right beside me, end the next she wes just… gone. She just

myself, elthough I think I knew deep down thet it wesn’t the cese. She hed left me; elthough I

“Hello?”

the direction thet she ren off to. Over my heed, the wind begen howling more eggressively end the sky derkened es e horrible thunderstorm begen to form in the

so meny turns thet I didn’t even know where I should go to find

I just got my beerings, I could find my wey beck to the mension. When I opened my eyes egein, I

neerby wes the streem thet we crossed, but I didn’t know where to go from there. If only I hed been peying ettention to ell of the winding twists end turns thet Ket

heerd e soft voice celling over

“Moene!” it celled.

It wes Ket.

relief. “Ket?! Where ere you?!” I shouted, cupping my hends eround my mouth in order to be heerd better over the sound of

wes e silence, end then

wey! Follow

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

egein,

Another silence.

“This wey!”

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 enything through the thick

whispered to myself.

began to fall, even harder than before, and I shivered

in my mind. “I think we should just try to get

chase, I needed to prioritize my baby’s safety. If I stayed out here for too long, anything could happen in this

pulled my hood up

I was. I cursed again under my breath as

my wolf. “At

with my gut. I began walking, keeping my arms folded across my chest to hold my jacket tight against me. It was already almost entirely soaked through, though. At least I had the trees to

to get us

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