“ELISE! DO NOT GO OFF alone!” Noel called after her, making his way back down the side of the cliff after his failed attempt to rescue Matthew.
By the time he reached the bottom, his boots crunching over dirt and leaves and small stones, he noticed the air was unusually still and a feeling of dread grew in the pit of his stomach. Elise was nowhere. With several angry oaths flowing from his lips, he went in the direction that Kako, Matthew, and Elise had taken, praying to the gods above that he would not be too late.
Though Kako’s power was no match for his own, he had underestimated the man’s state of mind. If nothing else, the years of solitude only added to the small recluse’s unstable thoughts.
On legs propelled by fear and other emotions he refused to name, Noel followed the voice i
