Rhett laughed at the sound as I keep every muscle in my body still. Something massive huffed up ahead, shaking the branches on the surrounding trees.
“You can’t imagine how much I’ve missed you, Eliana. Why did you leave?” Rhett asked. I stifled a growl, clenching my jaw shut. Eliana. The beast. He’s talking to the beast. Of course. I wanted to shout at him, to tell him everything wasn’t real.
Eliana’s dead. That thing is making you hallucinate! But I couldn’t, even if I was in human form. What did he say about the beast last time?
It was blind. Listened to every move he and Hugo made. I racked my brain for everything he had told me, trying to create a plan. If the beast is here, so is its master. It’s a puppet someone made. Something a dark witch made.
Goosebumps went over my skin as
