Chapter Thirty-Eight

Lisha POV

We take turns carrying Asher as we run; it takes longer than we thought to reach the outskirts of the village I grew up in. My childhood home is just above the rise in front of us; Lilly, Sharna, and I have agreed to stop there overnight as Asher has been restless all day. Just as we are about to enter the clearing behind the house, I freeze when I see a familiar figure walking toward the spot where Allana opened the portal. I mind-link Sharna and Lilly, screaming,

“Stop, don't enter the clearing.”

We hide amongst the trees watching as Gabriel and half a dozen Seelie guards search my mother's house. Each of us is exhausted, but we have to keep going. Our plans of resting here for the night have been ruined. We slink back into the thick forest surrounding the house, and I take the lead and run toward Allana’s cave. Once we are far enough away that Gabriel and his guards do not sense us, I stop and sit on a fallen tree to rest. I haven't told Lilly and Sharna that I felt Dam