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.

shook her head and averted her gaze toward the

eyes focused like hawks on the little cave that Daphne had

was a risky location; this close to Mila's fortress, and the forest was still being patrolled by her hyenas. But they didn't expect us to return, and so they weren't looking around here.

to look at me briefly. His

this is what you want?"

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

sorry I ever suggested leaving him. I thought

"You were doing

right thing isn't the kindest, or

chuckled. "Yeah, I

insects, it was quiet.

caught my attention. I gasped,

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

the ferns. "I think I know where he's being kept," she said. She looked at Enzo then.

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