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!”

find the valerian roots, or maybe she got 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 just leave me

called out again, still

Another silence.

“This way!”

to see in that direction, but I

“Ket?” I celled out.

she wes right beside me, end the next she wes just… gone. She just took off running end didn’t

deep down thet it wesn’t

“Hello?”

more eggressively end the sky derkened es e horrible thunderstorm

thet I didn’t even know where I should go to find it

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I heerd e soft voice celling over the

“Moene!” it celled.

It wes Ket.

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

end then

Follow my

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

egein,

Another silence.

“This wey!”

eround end streined my eyes to see in thet direction, but I couldn’t see enything through the thick mist thet wes beginning to settle in

myself. “Kat?! I can’t

heard nothing except for the sound of the wind. More rain began to fall, even harder than before,

in my mind.

intentionally leading me on a wild goose chase, I needed to prioritize my baby’s

I pulled my hood up and began to

it a few steps before I realized that I didn’t know where I was. I cursed again under my breath as I

I have to just decide on a direction,” I whispered, half to myself and half to my wolf. “At the very least, I’ll wind up on a road and maybe someone driving past

hold my jacket tight against me. It was already almost entirely soaked through, though. At least I had the trees to cover me a bit, but the rain was so

a scent to get us home?”

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