Chapter 80: Kade’s POV We were late and this time I was to blame.

By the time we stumbled out of the woods, my lungs were burning. The night air bit at my face, cold enough to sting.

“This better be the damn thing.” Roe muttered, snapping a twig off her sleeve. She was covered in burrs, hair tangled from the underbrush.

“If Mirna needed this so badly, she could’ve sent someone who actually knows what they’re looking for.”

Axel shot her a look over his shoulder, his ...