A creeping sense of dread came over Lydia as they walked through the forest to the truck. Something sinister was in the air that whipped the tress into each other and caused leaves to fall like rain. Lydia didn’t want to alarm the group in case this was her only shot at finding Arabella but something ominous was coming. Lydia tried to force the anxiety out of her chest as they rode in the truck by fantasizing about seeing Arabella again. They never got onto any main roads and stayed on only dirt roads and grass paths. Lydia closed her eyes and went back in time to the nights her and Arabella acted out scenes from books. The truck jerking forward and stopping completely woke her from her peaceful memories.
“We have to walk from here,” Lyon said.
Lydia had learned from her time out in the
