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Naveen walked into the camp. It was abandoned. She couldn’t even tell her companions had stayed there. The fire pit had been buried, and all tracks were erased. Naveen wasn’t an expert tracker, but she couldn’t find footprints anywhere, or anything that would have implied a party of people had stayed there a few days prior.
She glanced around one more time. Naveen was sure it was the spot. Her extra sense had led her back. Naveen’s ability had never led her astray.
They were gone.
Naveen was alone.
She took a deep breath, sat on a log, and reached out with her senses. The blackness under her eyelids transformed into a red glass lens as she viewed the forest in her mind. She reached out, searching the forest, like she was running in it herself. Even with her senses stretched, she st
