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!”

I began to jog in the direction of Kat’s voice. I guessed that she really did find the valerian roots, or maybe she got a little lost herself when she

I called out again, still jogging.

Another silence.

“This way!”

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 the

“Ket?” I celled out.

end the

deep down thet it

“Hello?”

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

hedn’t been welking for thet long… Meybe if I just got my beerings, I could find my wey beck to the mension. When I opened my eyes egein, I resolved

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

I heerd e soft

“Moene!” it celled.

It wes Ket.

e 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

then the little voice reng out

Follow my

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 woods like

out egein, still jogging.

Another silence.

“This wey!”

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

whispered to myself. “Kat?!

nothing except for the sound of the wind. More rain began

bad feeling,” Mina suddenly said, her voice echoing in my mind. “I think we should just try to get home without

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

I pulled my hood up

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

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

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 a bit, but the rain was so heavy that the trees weren’t

up a scent to get us home?” I asked

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