#Chapter 238: Buying Time

Edrick

I ran for a long time to try to find Moana.

Because of the fierce wind and the rain, her scent got a bit jumbled and my own wolf’s tracking abilities were slightly dulled. Not only that, but because of the rain there were multiple small mudslides in the forest, and more than once I found myself slipping and sliding and getting turned around on my path.

I could sense that something was wrong, though. I sensed someone else… And it wasn’t Kat or any of the other bodyguards.

Moana seemed to be in distress, beyond what was reasonable for someone who got lost in the rain. And after what Ella told me about my father, I could imagine what was happening.

I just hoped that I would get to her in time.

Finally, her scent became stronger. Before, it was faint and I was even beginning to think that I was going to lose it entirely and that I would never find her. It became a lot stronger all of a sudden, in fact. My senses were suddenly overcome by her scent, and I felt myself being drawn straight to her.

Feeling myself filled with a new sense of hope, I shot forward through the forest in the direction that Moana’s scent was emanating from.

“I’m coming,” I thought, pushing myself to run faster than I ever had. “I’m coming, Moana.”

Suddenly, I burst out from the treeline into a thick mist that had settled on the cliffside. I could hardly see in front of me, so I slowed down and stalked forward, keeping my head low as I sniffed the ground.

bright golden light. I felt my heart pump faster as I picked up my pace again and

the mist separated enough so that I could see up ahead, I saw

it. I had

was emanating out from her body. She was levitating seven or eight feet into the air, with her head tilted back and her eyes

wasn’t alone; my father

in front of her, holding up his arm to shield his eyes from the blinding light, and he had the Golden Knife

to shift, which would mean that the Golden Knife would be useless once it finally happened. All I needed to do was hold my father off until she did

used my mindlink with my father to call out

I asked, stalking a little

he struggled against the invisible force that surrounded Moana, but he stood when he heard my voice. I froze, too, and watched as his head slowly

was a dark, twisted grin on his

lit up the dark sky and half of his face. That sudden flash only made him

he replied, using our mindlink to speak without moving his lips. “You can’t get in the way of this

rumble in the back of

look at you,” my father said, speaking out loud now. “Now, you choose to play the part of the hero? What happened to the Edrick that I knew all that

I don’t

world could be a better place. But as it turns out, it’s impossible. Humans are evil, stupid, vile little creatures… I know that now. I don’t care if they suffer, so long

some sort of trance; maybe she was having more visions. I hoped that she would stay up there until she shifted fully, and it would be hilarious to watch

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