**Dakota’s POV** As the sound of their steps faded in the distance, I looked all round myself for signs of familiarity. Unfortunately, there was nothing around me to gauge my position. I closed my eyes and listened carefully to my surroundings. WB: It’s about to get loud in here again. The sounds blasted in my ears as I tried in desperation to hear for any movement. The loudness subsided as I caught the pattering of squirrel claws on bark, but a squirrel couldn’t help me. Again, the volume grew and fell as I honed in on the chatter of a racoon not too far off. AB: Great. There is nothing here. We are lost! HB: We’ll be fine. I’m sure we’ve walked past this area. We were just on a path. WB: Would you both just shut up and let me do my job? I shook my head and tried to regain foc

