CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Edouard took up the other side of the unconscious driver and each man draped an arm over their shoulders. They hefted the driver to his feet and proceeded to drag him toward the barn.
I moved to follow, but a tingling in the back of my mind told me to stop. My attention turned to the forest proper and its mist-infested depths. The fog glided about like the remnants of a ghost but kept itself neatly in the bounds of the undergrowth. I leaned toward the brush and squinted, but nothing could be seen. Still, I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was hiding there staring at me.
“Miss Lucas?”
I jumped a mile in the air and spun around to find the emperor standing near me. He had a concerned look on his face.
“I-I’m alright,” I assured him.
He nodded at the fo
