Chapter 0718

My words were met with abject silence. Daphne and Enzo looked back and forth between me and each other, completely taken aback by my insane suggestion.

"Please." I looked up at Enzo as tears began to mist over my eyes. "You know we can't leave him anyway. It's not... it's not right."

Enzo stared at me for a long time, pondering my words. At first it seemed as though I had hit a brick wall, but then recognition slowly seemed to dawn on him.

"I don't want to leave him, either."

"Are you two kidding me?" Daphne exclaimed. "Am I the only sane person here?"

I stood abruptly even though my head spun. "No one is forcing you to come with us, Daphne. But Luke is our best bet to get out of this place, and besides... He would never leave us behind. Not in a million years."

Daphne swallowed as her green eyes darted back and forth with disbelief. But Enzo and I weren't backing down; our friend needed us, and besides, it was either this or trek through the forest for several more days with packs of hyenas on our tails.

her gaze

like hawks on the little cave that Daphne

this close to Mila's fortress, and the forest was still being patrolled by her hyenas. But they

to look at me briefly. His

is what

grip on his hand, but didn't tear my gaze away from the cave. "If we can just find Luke, we can

sorry I ever suggested leaving him. I thought

Enzo's hand, I placed it over my belly. "You were doing the right thing. For our baby." He scoffed. "And yet, here we are

the

chuckled. "Yeah, I guess you're

the forest around us. Aside from the sounds of the birds and the insects, it was quiet. Hopefully, none of the creatures

I gasped, pointing. "Look!" I exclaimed under my breath.

Daphne flitted out of the cave all by herself. She had promised if she came across Luke, she would bring

over to us and shifted back, crouching in the ferns. "I think I know where he's being kept," she said. She looked at Enzo then. "But I need your blood to

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