Lucy's POV:
As we journeyed deeper into the belly of the forest, the trees growing even taller and the underbrush thicker, the air began to fill with the sweet scent of blooming flowers and the ever-calming earthy smell of damp soil, a scent that usually helped me relax.
But now, as I breathed in deeply, feeling the cool mist fill my lungs, all I could feel was the growing unease and sense of well.. a little despair.
It had been almost a week in this forest, and still no sign of either Kael or Astrid or my child. Nothing, not even a lead. I was growing increasingly restless with each passing hour.
It was as though my heart was being pulled into two different routes, my desire to find my baby and the fear that I was leading everybody into some sort of danger.
