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.

over the sink, washing dishes. She made a face and shook her head as she wiped her hands

went on her walk with her bodyguard,” she said, turning to face me with a frown on her face. “Why? Is everything

would be sick. “Call the security guards,” I demanded as I grabbed my coat off of the hook. “I’m going to

It had begun to rain a bit by now, and the sky was rapidly darkening while howling wind roared overhead. Even

up to the edge of the forest, I felt as though my heart was falling into the very

dark forest, peering in and

I could at least pick up some sort of trail. The rain and wind already wiped away any traces of footprints in the dirt,

thought to myself as I hurriedly walked further into the forest, keeping my head on a constant swivel in case Moana — or someone

my wolf spoke up for the first

he said. “I

mile a

tell that she’s

simply getting lost. Of course I already knew that that would be a risk. The moment that

at the very least, if Eddy could sense her fear, then at least we knew that

get to her

I scanned the forest with my night vision and smelled the air for anything; any scent, any broken twig,

like someone stepped over it and tripped on it just a little bit. It was faint, but as I ran up to it and

jumping over the log. I

for her to let Moana wander and get lost or hurt. I hated to think that something else may have happened… What if Kat wasn’t as good as we thought? What if she was

thinking deeply as I

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