The forest blurred around me as I ran, my heart pounding with fear and desperation. Elena's scent guided me, growing stronger with each passing moment. Behind me, I could hear Mia and Elena's mother arguing, and I wanted to kill them both. Pointless bickering like idiots ticked at me. There were much more important things now than shifting blame.
"If anything happens to her, it's your fault!" Mia shouted, her voice filled with venom.
"How dare you!" Elena's mother snapped back. "I've done everything to protect her!"
"Protect her? You tried to kill her!" Mia retorted. "You left her alone in the hands of a wicked great-grandmother!"
"You know nothing about our family or our circumstances," Elena's mother hissed.
"Oh, right," Mia shot back sarcastically. "Because trying to murder your ow
