Chapter 16
With Belle’s father on the carriage next to him, Captain Bernard raced his horse into the Dark Forest. Whipping through the trees, the old man had to grip tightly to hold on. With François not knowing how to find the castle, the Captain insisted that either Belle’s father was going to see something that looked familiar or they would search every square inch of the forest until they found her.
The old man stared at the trees as they flew by. There was something about them that jogged his memory. “Yes, this is familiar. I have been here before.”
The Captain whipped his horse even harder after that. Dodging trees with only inches to spare, the Captain was forced to look around when something flashed in the periphery of his vision. Internal alarms sounded. Something was chasing t
