NINETEEN: SEARCH PARTY
“Seraph!”
“Serrrraaaaph!”
“Seraph!”
The woodland along the edge of Ortus was filled with villagers, all calling her name. They had started a buddy system not to lose anyone else, and were spaced only a few paces apart.
Seraph had been missing for two days now and a search party was set up to find her – or perhaps her remains. Blott hated thinking that way, but there was no reason for her to be hiding. The moment he discovered she was missing he was one of the first volunteers to join the search. She was well-liked, so there was no shortage of helpers.
The wood’s eerie calm was beginning to wreak havoc on the people’s starved minds. Each moss curtain resembled a child strung up, and each collection of rocks covered in red wildflowers became a murder scene at fir
