AMARIS I’d followed Marie’s scent all over a particular dense area of the woods. Her scent was faint, but it was definitely her. I think it’s safe to say how they found us so quickly. Annukka thought to me. I’d been shoving our few supplies in our bag so quickly I hadn’t bothered to look over at Marie while she was covering herself with the urine. It was clear she hadn’t done a very thorough job. I’d stumbled upon Valerian’s bag tucked beneath some shrubbery not far from where we’d been when all hell broke loose. I’d quickly gone through it when I found it, he’d packed some fairly useful supplies. I scooped it up and carried it in my mouth as I searched for Marie. My leg had finally stopped bleeding, the wound was still there but it healed just slightly faster while I maintained m

