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Chapter 46: Granddaughter of Willa

Chapter 46: Granddaughter of Willa

Maeve

“They should’ve been back hours ago.” i exclaimed, turning towards Myla, who was equally as concerned.

“They’re probably fine, Maeve,” Keaton said, but his eyes and posture betrayed him. He was getting nervous too, especially now that the sun was beginning to rise over the water.

“I’m going to go find them. They can’t have gone far,” I said with conviction, raising my hand to cut him off as he opened his mouth to argue.

“I’m going to-“Myla began, but Keaton rounded on her.

“No, neither of you are going anywhere,” he said firmly.

Cleo was watching the exchange nervously, wringing her hands.

“I’m going!” I said again, just as barking sounded from the jungle behind us.

I spun around as the dog, otherwise known as Duck, came sprinting onto the beach, his ears flat against his head and his body trembling with fatigue.

“Goddess!” Myla cried as Duck nearly slammed into us, laying down on his side.

“I’ll go get him some water,” Cleo said hurriedly as she turned and quickly walked away.

I knelt beside Duck, stroking his back.

“What’s wrong?’

“Danger,’ he said, closing his eyes as he panted, his tongue lolling in the sand.

“Where?

*Follow,

“Rest now,’ I said to him, continuing to stroke his fur. I looked over my shoulder in the direction he had come, a chill running up my spine as the jungle seemed to whisper menacingly in the breeze.

“Did he talk to you?” Myla asked, her eyes full of worry.

I nodded, looking up at Keaton. “He said ‘danger.’ He’s exhausted. Something happened out there.”

* Aye, I can see that.” Keaton crossed his arms over his chest, looking from Duck to the Persephone. And then, he looked at Myla.

“I can’t leave the ship with Robbie and Troy gone. I just can’t-”

“I know, I understand why.” Myla said softly, a knowing smile touching her lips.

“The crew, Myla—”

will be fine. I promise you.” She rose to her feett, stepping forward and kissing him hard enough for a blush to rise to my own cheeks. I looked away,

he was desperately thirsty. Cleo returned with the water and had to hold him back by the scruff of his neck to stop him from drinking it all in one go. She offered him some food, and he ate

back

as he wakes up.” I said to Myla, who

on my back,” she said, bending down to pet Duck on the head, cooing as

to his skin. He was absolutely sick over the fact that Myla was leaving on a quest to find Troy and Robbie,

the captain of the Persephone. He hadn’t abandoned his ship or his crew when the storm hit. He wasn’t

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the group of men seated around Olly’s

down, wiping his mouth on his sleeve as he jogged over to

wrong with

Myla into the jungle. Troy and Robbie didn’t

where they were,” he began, then righted himself, straightening his shoulders as he nodded

of the men stay here,” Keaton said quickly. “We need to get at least one of the

before running back over to where the crew was congregating, crouching down

away, their

beach towards my tent, my stomach turning over and bile rising in my throat. I quickened my pace, passing the tent

pressing my forehead against the tree,

the jungle floor as they raced after Duck. I was gripping Myla’s fur for dear life, ducking under the

been running for an hour, if not more, but the sun was still high in the sky as we continued deeper into the jungle, my

wolves and Duck to drink from the creek. Duck was sniffing frantically,

couldn’t mind-link with either Myla or Pete. They knew to follow Duck, however, and I trusted their judgment in locating Robbie and

followed Duck through the brush, the landscape changing from dense jungle to a wide, open valley of low brush and

We were past the jungle now. We couldn’t see mountains

an hour later. He looked around nervously, then began to whine. Myla and Pete looked at each other, then sniffed the air, whining to alert me to some smell they were picking up on

I gasped, the wind knocked out of my lungs as I hit the ground, hard, handing on

air around me as I sat up, reaching to rub the tender bruise forming on my

of people were standing around us, surrounding us, holding a variety of spears and long knives. They charged, driving Myla and Pete back into the brush. Duck trembled as he

rose to my full height, squaring

A murmur passed around the group, and then someone pushed through, a woman, her face hidden behind a mask made entirely of what

up to me, reaching out and touching three of her fingers to my forehead, then took them away, tightening her hand into

bowed low, bending at the knees until she

White Queen,” she said, her voice carrying a strange lilt to it as she spoke, “A youth, not

passed through

woman as she tilted from side

wolves?” she asked, and I

“Where are they?”

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I will take

teeth. The woman took a step

it, the same symbol that had been painted all over the map. The same symbol on the altar in the Temple of the White Queens. It was