#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.

“Have you seen Moana?” I asked once I found Selina bent over the sink, washing dishes. She made a face and shook her head as she wiped her hands off on her apron.

“I haven’t seen her since she went on her walk with her bodyguard,” she said, turning to face me with a frown on her face. “Why? Is everything alright?”

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

now, and the sky was rapidly

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

and

least pick up some sort of trail. The rain and wind already wiped away any traces of footprints in the dirt, though, which only made

into the forest, keeping my head on a constant swivel in case Moana — or someone else

spoke up for the first time

is wrong,” he said. “I can

racing a mile a minute. “What do you

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

to her than simply getting lost. Of course I already knew that that would be

at the very least, if Eddy could sense her fear, then at least we knew that she was

I just had to get to her first, before my dad

my pace, and started to run further into the forest. Up ahead, I scanned the forest with

it looked fresh, like someone stepped over it and tripped on it

out loud, jumping over the log. I ran further past the log, cursing

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

deeply as I continued to

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