CHAPTER TWELVE
HIGH ABOVE THEIR HEADS the trees swung with manic energy, flinging leaves and small branches through the air like missiles. The rain was coming down so hard it stung their skin and made it nearly impossible to open their eyes.
The ground had turned to sucking muck beneath their feet, making it even more difficult to run through the woods. Lightning cracked and thunder roared, the cacophony peppered occasionally by the heart-stopping crack and boom of falling trees and branches.
Godric held tight to her hand and moved as fast as he could while dodging debris and leaping over fallen obstacles in their path. He’d noticed a ridge of granite in their travels the day before and was hoping they’d find a cave or at least a deep indentation in the rock where they could take some k
