Chapter FiftyAn unusual silence surrounded Kitto’s cave. It wasn’t a peaceful silence; it was an eerie one, unbroken even by the occasional birdsong or rustle of leaves in the breeze. There was nothing but the sound of her own heartbeat which, now that she’d arrived at the cave, had started to beat wildly in her chest.
Jack would be mad when he realised she was missing and that she was in the one place he had insisted she never go. And what if he was right? What if the mere scent of her had already reached Kitto and completed his transformation?
She shook her head, hoping to dispel her doubts. She was positive this was the right thing to do. She had to see Kitto and she had to do this. She strained her eyes but couldn’t penetrate the darkness of the cave. The sun had not long risen and t
