"There are tracks," Talon pointed out, and everyone gathered with complex expressions. Lily was about to speak but was met with shaking heads. They weren't prepared to venture deeper; it would be suicide.
"Lily, if Lucius is taken to their main base, we can't follow them. It's suicide, you know it. Take a deep breath and think," Kevin quickly corrected himself, attempting to reason with her as he patted her shoulder.
Lily took a few breaths and stared at the tracks, feeling the life drain out of her. She despised the sensation of not having the answer, but she also understood that they couldn't press on, not yet.
"We will head back," she said with a defeated tone and started walking in the direction they had come from, her head bowed.
Observing Lily's dejected figure, the group's expressions mirrored their disappointment. Charlotte seemed equally distressed.
