Book 2 : Chapter 4

Ella's POV

Three months later.

I had spent months with Max now, more time than I ever planned to be away from my family. But this wasn't as easy as I first thought and we had quickly hit a hard wall in our quest to rescue Milly from herself.

"So now what?" Max asked after we had hunted down the alleged birthplace of Hecate only to find a run-down house filled with nothing but someone's old crap. "We've been searching for this fucking book for three fucking months and for what? We don't even have a lead!"

"We may be just aren't looking in the right places," I replied deep in thought.

"No shit Sherlock!" Max exclaimed angrily kicking an old armchair in the house and creating a cloud of dust.

"Can you at least try to control your temper, Max?! It's not fucking helping!" I said. "Are you sure we didn't miss any packs?" I asked.

"We've searched them all," he answered confidently.

"Even in the mountains?" I double checked.

"Even in the mountains."

"Are you sure?"