Chapter 234: The Hunt

Edrick

Ella slowly pointed her little finger in the direction where I last saw Moana and Kat walking over by the edge of the forest.

Only now, no one was there.

I felt my heart drop as I quickly scanned the treeline. I couldn’t see a flash of red hair anywhere I looked, no matter how hard I strained my eyes through the light drizzle of rain and the darkening sky.

Maybe she came back in without me realizing, I thought to myself.

“What’s wrong, daddy?” Ella asked, c*****g her head.

I shook my head and stood, forcing a weak smile so as not to cause Ella to panic. “Nothing, baby. Why don’t you go up to your room and play? Ask one of the maids to stay with you.”

Ella gave me a puzzled look, but didn’t protest. I watched in horror as she ran off to play, and then I bolted into the kitchen to look for Selina.

asked once I found Selina bent over the sink, washing dishes. She made a face and shook her head as she wiped her hands off on

bodyguard,” she said, turning to

I grabbed my coat off of the hook. “I’m going to look for

bit by now, and the sky was rapidly darkening while howling wind roared overhead. Even if my father didn’t get to Moana before I did, I

I felt as though my heart was falling

into the dark forest, peering in and using my night

least pick up some sort of

as I hurriedly walked further into the forest, keeping my head on a constant swivel in case Moana — or someone else — suddenly appeared. I never should have

up for the first time

he said. “I can sense

my tracks. My heart was racing a mile a minute. “What do you sense,

“But I can tell that she’s alive, and

wolf stopped speaking. I knew what he was going to suggest: that something even worse happened to her than simply getting lost. Of course I already knew that that would be a risk. The moment

if Eddy could sense her fear, then at least

get to her first, before

quickened my pace, and started to run further into the forest. Up ahead, I scanned the forest with my night vision and smelled the air for anything; any scent, any broken twig, any footprint in

tree with moss growing on top of it. Some of the moss was broken on one spot, and it looked fresh, like someone stepped over it and tripped on it just

over the log. I ran further past the log, cursing

to let Moana out of her sight. Unless something happened to Kat, there would be no reason for her to let Moana wander and get lost

myself, thinking deeply as I continued to run. “It

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