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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—”

kissing him hard enough for a blush to rise to my own cheeks. I looked away, giving them a moment of privacy

his neck to stop him from drinking it all in one go. She offered him

head back against the sand and

to go as soon as he

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

the fact that Myla was leaving on a quest to find Troy and Robbie,

Persephone. He hadn’t abandoned his ship or his crew when the storm hit. He wasn’t about to,

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turning and looking down the beach towards the group of

wiping his mouth on his sleeve

with him?” he

the jungle. Troy and Robbie

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

men stay here,” Keaton said quickly. “We need to get

to where the crew was congregating,

walked away, their

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

pressing my forehead against the tree, “Please, I

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

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

the creek. Duck was

with either Myla or Pete. They knew to follow Duck, however,

the landscape changing from dense jungle to a wide, open

this. We

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

reared, tossing me off her back. I gasped, the wind knocked out of my

me as I sat up, reaching to rub the tender bruise forming on my back when

and long knives. They charged, driving Myla and Pete back into the brush. Duck trembled as

rose to my full height, squaring my shoulders as

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, a woman, her face

three of her fingers to my forehead,

knees until she touched the ground.

carrying a strange lilt to it as she spoke,

murmur passed through

friends-” I said, watching the woman as she tilted from side to side as though sizing

asked, and

“Where are they?”

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take you

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

then I saw it, the same symbol that had been painted all over the map. The same symbol on the altar in the