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.

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

her walk with her bodyguard,” she said, turning to

sick. “Call the security guards,” I demanded as I grabbed my coat off of the hook.

burst outside. It had begun to rain a 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

ran up to the edge of the forest, I felt as though my heart was falling into the very depths of my stomach. Moana

and using my

breath as I pushed forward into the woods, hoping that I could at least pick up some sort of trail. The rain and wind already wiped away any traces of footprints in the

head on a constant swivel

up for the first

said. “I

my tracks. My heart was racing a mile a minute. “What

I can tell that she’s alive, and she’s afraid. Maybe she got lost,

knew that that would be a risk. The moment that Ella said that the book she had came from my

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

I just had to get to her first,

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

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

been this way,” I said out loud, jumping over the log. I ran further past the log, cursing

for her to let Moana wander and get lost or hurt. I hated to

thinking deeply as

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