"Chloe!" Amir shouted one more time as his despair took a toll on him and had him giving up sooner than he expected. "We passed this place earlier, didn't we?"

"I guess we did. It is so hard to tell." Though the fire break had been taken care of, the air was still a bit smoky.

"It has been two hours already. Where else could she be?" Amir asked Sebastian dejectedly. 

"What if-" Sebastian quickly withdrew the rest of his words.

"What if what? Tell me Sebastian. If there is something you suspect, don't hold back, please."

Sebastian looked down at the dirty ground, his boot drawing lines. "While I...