#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?”

“Call the security guards,” I demanded as I grabbed my coat off of the hook. “I’m going to look for her. Tell them that… my father was seen on the

I didn’t have time to explain. Like a flash, I took off through the door and burst outside. It had begun to rain a bit by now, and the sky was rapidly darkening while howling wind roared overhead. Even if my father didn’t get to Moana before

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

I called into the dark forest, peering in and using my

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

dammit, I thought to myself as I hurriedly walked further into the forest, keeping my head on a constant swivel

spoke up for the first time

is wrong,” he said. “I can sense

my tracks. My heart was racing a mile a minute. “What do you

not sure, exactly,” Eddy replied. “But I can tell that she’s alive, and

simply getting lost. Of course I already knew that that would be a

least, if Eddy could sense her fear, then at least

I just had to get to her first, before my

ahead, I scanned the forest with my night vision and

over it and tripped on it just a little bit. It was faint, but as

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

her strict orders not to let Moana out of 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

deeply as I continued to run.

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