Tessa’s POV:
I made my way down the hill with zero knowledge of where I was going. The surrounding area was full of trees and grassland, and if I was to maneuver my way through, I had to do it with the sunlight still out, which won’t be for long.
Not wasting another second, I put one foot in front of the other and then the next, slowly breaking out into a kind of jog.
The hill opened up like the woods, with tall trees being its predominant occupants. I trotted down the surface, dry leaves crunching underneath my feet as I went. Each step distanced me further from Lucian’s estate, causing it to shrink in size the deeper I went into the woods until the building was no longer in view.
I had been running for a few hours now, and the sun was starting to set. To make sure that Lucian and his
