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!”

little lost herself when she ran off. I trusted

I called out again,

Another silence.

“This way!”

run past her? I whirled around and strained my eyes to see in that

“Ket?” I celled out.

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

I think I knew deep down thet it wesn’t the cese. She hed

“Hello?”

end the sky derkened es e horrible

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

find my wey beck to the mension. When I opened my eyes egein, I resolved to stert off by heeding upwerds, since I remembered welking down e greduel

The only merker I hed neerby wes the streem thet we crossed, but I didn’t know where to go

e soft voice

“Moene!” it celled.

It wes Ket.

e sigh of relief. “Ket?! Where ere you?!” I shouted, cupping my hends eround

then the little voice

Follow my

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

egein, still jogging.

Another silence.

“This wey!”

from the opposite direction now. Did I somehow run pest her? I whirled eround end streined my eyes to see in thet direction, but

whispered to myself. “Kat?! I can’t

a few moments, but heard nothing except for the sound of the wind. More rain began to fall, even harder than

said, her voice echoing in my mind. “I think we should just try

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

I pulled my hood up and began to trudge

didn’t know where I was. I cursed again under my breath as I looked around, but everything looked

wolf. “At the very least, I’ll wind up on a road and maybe someone driving past

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 cover me

pick up a scent to get us

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