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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—”

fine. I promise you.” She rose to her feett, stepping forward and kissing him hard enough for a

with the water and had to hold him back by the scruff of his neck to stop him from drinking it all

he said, laying his head back against the sand and promptly

prepared to go as soon as he wakes up.” I

can ride on my back,” she said, bending down to pet Duck on the head,

absolutely sick over the fact that Myla was leaving on a quest to find Troy and Robbie, knowing

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

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called out, turning and looking down the beach towards the group of men seated around Olly’s cooking fire, plates of

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

wrong with him?” he

Maeve and Myla into the jungle. Troy and Robbie didn’t come

were,” he began, then righted himself, straightening his shoulders as he nodded at Keaton, “Yes,

“We need to get at least one of

running back over to

walked away, their

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

forehead against the

sprinting through the trees, jumping gracefully over the massive roots that lined the jungle floor as they raced after Duck. I was gripping Myla’s fur for dear life, ducking under the vines and branches lest

not more, but the sun was still high in the sky as we

finally reached a clearing, stopping to allow the wolves and Duck to drink from the creek. Duck was sniffing frantically, his nose leading him around a large rock face and

to follow Duck, however, and I trusted their

the brush, the landscape changing from dense jungle to a

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

Pete looked at each other, then sniffed the air, whining to alert me to some smell they were picking up on that was new, and possibly shouldn’t

wind knocked out of my lungs as I hit

me as I sat up, reaching to rub the tender bruise forming

charged, driving Myla and Pete back into the brush. Duck trembled as he reached my side and nudged me to get me

I got to my knees, then rose to my full height, squaring my shoulders as the group

A murmur passed around the group, and then someone pushed through, a

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

bowed low, bending at the knees until she touched the ground. The

to it

passed

said, watching the woman as she tilted from side to side as though sizing me up.

wolves?” she asked, and I

“Where are they?”

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take you to

quickly, forcefully. Myla was growling at my side, drool dripping off her bared teeth. The woman took a step back, reaching up to remove her

all over the map. The same symbol on the altar in the Temple of the White Queens.