Chapter 94

Viona's POV

The next day

I didn't wait.

The instant my eyes opened to the dawn, I was already moving. My feet pressed into the forest floor with quiet certainty, every step measured but quick, my senses alive with urgency. I did not look back, did not check if anyone followed. I knew-his presence trailing me, quiet but not far.

But I could not be distracted now.

The trees thickened around me as I pressed deeper into the maze-like woods. Moss clung to the trunks, branches wove ...