KIERAN BLACKWOOD
I walk through the forest, my muscles tense, my heavy, quick steps muffling the sound of dry leaves beneath my feet.
The scent of the trees and the damp night air envelop me, but I can’t focus on anything but Jake.
He is missing.
And the guilt eats at me for not being able to stop this, for not being there when he needed me the most.
I miss him in a way that words can’t express, a feeling of emptiness that drains all my energy.
By my side, Alexander and Dimitri are equally tense.
Their eyes are fixed ahead, alert to every movement, every sound in the darkness.
The silence is deep, but I know it’s deceiving.
I know something is lurking; something is about to happen.
And it’s only a matter of time before the storm breaks loose.
“We’re close.", Dimitri says, his de
