TATIANA POV
I dashed through the woods with the weight of the herbs steady in my grip and an urgency flowing through my veins. Lorenzo needed my help-a need to thwart further danger to him. But as I neared the village, a ghostly twist in my stomach told me that something was dangerously wrong.
Just outside the healer's house, before entering, I transformed back into a human form with my heart weighed down by anxiousness. “Lorenzo!” I shouted, my voice cutting through the stillness. “I’m back!”
I received only silence in response. Panic chewed me up from the inside. I ran to the door and kicked it open, and it revealed nothing but an empty room and a heavy silence that sent shivers down my back. The healer was long gone, and there were no signs of my child.
“Where is everybody?” I mutt
