Chapter Fifty-Four: A Visitor

"Miqella, what are you talking about?!" I whispered back, as harshly as I could. The sound of leaves was almost roaring now, and I squinted up at him from beneath the turbulent wind.

I could barely see in the blanket of night, but I heard the hiss melt away into a rough timber.

"You're getting awfully fond of calling me by my Beta's names. First Brandon, now Miqella? Now, answer me. Why did you run off? The forest isn't safe, you should have stayed with the others at camp."

... What?

What was going on?

That wasn't Miqella's voice.

As I stared into the eyes that undoubtedly belonged to Miqella, cold fear shivered inside my stomach. He wasn't making any sense.

I squirmed in the warm hold, perplexity rampant inside my head. "What are you talking about, Miqella? Everyone else is right..." I whipped my head around to show him, but everyone I had been traveling with was gone.

I sat there for a moment, trying to spot them or catch their scent. But I realized then that the entire walk h