Lena’s POV
My mind ran with the recent turmoil as we hurried through the woods. Although we had just avoided the troops, every sound in the underbrush made my heart hammer like a drum. The woodland was a trap as well as a haven; its shadows hid threats we cannot yet see.
"Where do we go from here?” Alex panted as he dropped into step next to me, his eyes looking around for any indication of threat.
"Somewhere safe," I said, trying to keep my voice steady despite the terror chewing at my gut. "We have to gather and create a strategy."
Finn said, looking back tensely, "We cannot stay in one spot for too long." Should we do, they will discover us.
I nodded while my mind flew. "There's a cave not far from here," I remarked, remembering a place I had come across on one of my previous trips
