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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—”

enough for a blush to rise to my own

hurt, but 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

back against the sand

go as soon as he

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

noticing the greenish tint to his skin. He was absolutely sick over the fact that Myla was leaving on a quest

Persephone. He hadn’t abandoned his ship or his crew when

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turning and looking down the beach towards the group of men

down, wiping his mouth on his sleeve as he

with

and Myla into the jungle. Troy and

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

“We need to get at least one of

over to where the crew was congregating, crouching down as he

walked away, their heads bent

rising in my throat. I quickened my pace, passing the tent and walking a few paces into the jungle, leaning on a tree for support as I

forehead against the tree, “Please,

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

was still high in the sky as we continued deeper into

the creek. Duck was sniffing frantically, his nose leading him around a large rock

Myla or Pete. They knew to follow Duck, however, and I

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

looked around in awe as we continued on. I was not expecting this. We were past the jungle now. We couldn’t see mountains from our camp on the

looked at each other, then sniffed the air, whining to alert

suddenly reared, tossing me off her back. I gasped, the wind knocked out of my lungs as I hit the ground, hard, handing on

around me as I sat up, reaching to rub

knives. They charged, driving Myla and Pete

got to my knees, then rose to

bellowed, and to my surprise, they did. They were all oddly dressed and wore masks that varied in shape and color. A murmur passed around the group, and then someone pushed through,

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

bending at the knees until she touched

she said, her voice carrying a strange lilt to it as she spoke, “A youth,

murmur passed through

from side to

wolves?” she asked,

“Where are they?”

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will take

at my side, drool dripping off her bared teeth. The woman took a step

The same symbol on