Kael's POV
My paws hit the dirt hard as I pushed through the thick trees and I didn't care about the branches scratching my sides because the only thing I could think about was getting to the carriage before it reached the border, but then the smell of the forest changed and I caught the scent of smoke and broken wood. I slowed down as I broke into a clearing and saw the carriage lying on its side with the wheels still spinning and the horses nowhere to be seen, and I shifted back into my human form while my chest was heaving and my heart was slamming against my ribs. I walked toward the wreckage and saw the iron box that had been used to hold Zara and it was sitting in the mud with the door hanging open, and when I saw a piece of her brown dress caught on a sharp edge of the metal I fe
