#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?”

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

by now, and the sky was rapidly darkening while howling wind roared

heart was falling into

called into the dark forest, peering in and using my night vision to look around.

least pick up some sort of trail. The rain and

my head on a constant swivel in case Moana — or someone else — suddenly appeared.

up for the first

said. “I can sense

a minute. “What do you sense, exactly?” I asked out

exactly,” Eddy replied. “But I can tell that she’s alive, and she’s afraid.

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

Eddy could sense her fear, then at

get to her

run further into the forest. Up ahead, I scanned the forest with my night

fresh, like someone stepped over it and tripped on it just a little bit. It was faint, but as I ran

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

happened to Kat, there would be no reason for her to let Moana wander and get lost or hurt. I

as I continued to run. “It can’t

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