Chapter 119: Laid to Rest

*Jared*

Hestia was like a ghost in the darkness.

I lost sight of her in the shadows almost immediately. Her scent was still pungent and my wolf was locked onto her scent. I had eyes on her trail too. She wasn’t trying too hard to cover her tracks.

As long as I had a trail and scent to follow, I wasn’t slowing down. I would follow her to the edges of the Dark Realm if it meant destroying her once and for all.

Over and over again, the threats she’d made against my child rang in my head. She wanted to kill me and use that against my child to manipulate them.

She wanted to trick my child into finishing her ritual by using me against them. I would NEVER allow that to happen….

We ran and ran until my wolf’s feet were sore. The pads on his paws started to rub off and he slowed down.

Sniffing furiously in the air and on the ground, I realized we’d lost Hestia’s scent. I couldn’t see her trail anymore, either. It was like she’d vanished.