Chapter 33
Ryan
He tried not to let himself feel hopeful as they ran through the woods. It felt too easy to find El at his childhood camp, but he also knew it wouldn’t be an easy task to find the spot either. He hadn’t been there for decades, and although he knew it wasn’t too far away, having to get there on foot since he couldn’t shift meant it would take even longer.
The longer they moved through the woods, the less hopeful Ryan felt. At some point, he kept thinking they would start to catch El’s scent, or at least his mother’s since she would have more than likely gone to the cabin through the woods. Three days in and they hadn’t scented anything.
Ryan slowed to a walk, and the others around him did as well. Ryan began to pace back and forth as he tried to remember something from t
