Aria's/Lysara's POV

How the hell had he found me? I thought, darting into the next tunnel, fast on my heels, my feet slapping against the rough, slightly sandy cave floor as I ran.

I had made sure to rub the ashes on my bare body every minute, continuously, and burn almost half of my robe with the fire to make more ashes that I could rub on my body, and finally he found me.

He heard him still stumping the ground behind me, moving at a speed that rattled the cave, making it vibrate. My chest ...