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.

I asked once I found Selina bent over the sink, washing dishes. She made

said, turning to face

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

the sky was rapidly darkening while howling wind roared overhead. Even if my father didn’t get

though my heart was

and using my night vision to look around.

least pick up some sort of trail. The rain and wind already wiped away any traces of footprints

keeping my head on a constant swivel

for the first time in a

he said. “I can

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

Eddy replied. “But I can tell that

simply getting lost. Of course I already knew that that would be a risk. The moment that Ella said that the book she had came from my

least, if Eddy could sense her fear,

just had to get to her first,

to run further into the forest. Up ahead, I scanned the forest with my night vision and smelled the air

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

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

out of her sight. Unless something happened to Kat, there would be no reason 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

deeply as I continued to run. “It

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