Chapter 238: Buying Time

Edrick

I ran for a long time to try to find Moana. Because of the fierce wind and the rain, her scent got a bit jumbled and my own wolf’s tracking abilities were slightly dulled. Not only that, but because of the rain there were multiple small mudslides in the forest, and more than once I found myself slipping and sliding and getting turned around on my path.

I could sense that something was wrong, though. I sensed someone else… And it wasn’t Kat or any of the other bodyguards.

Moana seemed to be in distress, beyond what was reasonable for someone who got lost in the rain. And after what Ella told me about my father, I could imagine what was happening.

I just hoped that I would get to her in time.

Finally, her scent became stronger. Before, it was faint and I was even beginning to think that I was going to lose it entirely and that I would never find her. It became a lot stronger all of a sudden, in fact. My senses were suddenly overcome by her scent, and I felt myself being drawn straight to her.

Feeling myself filled with a new sense of hope, I shot forward through the forest in the direction that Moana’s scent was emanating from.

I thought, pushing myself to run faster than I ever had.

I could hardly see in front of me, so I

finally came into view: a bright golden light. I felt my heart pump faster as

that I could see up ahead, I saw her. It

it. I had

and her eyes rolled into the back of her head. Her palms were outstretched at her sides, and

my father was with

front of her, holding up his arm to shield his eyes from the blinding light, and he had the Golden Knife in his other hand as he tried to push forward to get closer to

shift, which would mean that the Golden Knife

she did shift.

form, but I used my mindlink with my father to

you doing?” I asked, stalking

froze. He was crouching slightly as he struggled against the invisible force that surrounded Moana, but he stood when he heard my voice. I froze, too, and watched as his head slowly turned to look

dark, twisted grin on his

of lightning flashed and lit up the dark sky and half of his face. That sudden flash only made him look even more

of this, son,” he replied, using our mindlink to speak without moving his lips. “You

start to rumble in the back of my throat. “I

choose to play the part of the hero? What happened to the Edrick that I knew

I don’t want that

impossible. Humans are evil, stupid, vile little creatures… I know that now. I don’t care if they suffer, so long as we get

reach. She seemed to be in some sort of trance; maybe she was having more visions. I hoped that she would

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