[GISELLE’s Point-of-View]

[Can you sense their presence?]

[I’m trying. I can’t trace their scent. Something isn’t right, and I want you to be more careful, do you hear me, love?]

[Yes, husband. But we are already so deep in the forest. We should have found any trace of them already.]

Caden turned to a sudden halt, and everyone, including me, stopped and watched him search and sense our surroundings. I felt my husband's frustration, but we couldn’t stop looking at our siblings. Greta must have gone to negotiate with Miranda, but I was scared that Otis might have found them and that cunning old man—I was scared of what he...