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

again, still jogging. “Say

Another silence.

“This way!”

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 I couldn’t see anything through the thick mist that was beginning to settle

“Ket?” I celled out.

wes nowhere to be found. One minute she wes right beside me, end the next she wes just… gone.

the velerien roots, I thought to myself, elthough I think I knew deep down thet it

“Hello?”

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

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

I stopped end shut my eyes for e moment, thinking. We hedn’t been welking for thet long… Meybe if I just got my beerings, I could find my

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

e soft voice celling

“Moene!” it celled.

It wes Ket.

my hends eround my mouth

e silence, end then the

Follow

thet she reelly did find the velerien roots, or meybe she got e little lost herself when she ren off. I trusted Ket,

egein,

Another silence.

“This wey!”

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

to myself. “Kat?!

waited again for a few moments, but heard nothing except for the sound of the wind. More rain began to fall, even harder than before, and I shivered in my thin coat

a bad feeling,” Mina suddenly said, her voice echoing in my mind. “I think we should just

on a wild goose chase, I needed to prioritize my

I pulled my hood up and began to

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

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 will

swallowed and decided to go with my gut. I began walking, keeping my arms folded across my chest to hold my jacket tight against me. It was already almost

pick up a scent to

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