ELIAS’S POVThe sun only posed a minor inconvenience as I made my way to the balcony. I looked over the railing at the ground below. Did that stubborn female really jump from this height?Of course not. I soon found the makeshift rope she’d made hanging off the bottom railing. Now I knew where the missing bedsheet went.Despite my annoyance, I found myself being impressed by her. What a clever wench.She couldn’t have made it far. Not even half an hour had passed since I’d left her alone in the room. I gazed ahead and as I suspected, the hunter hadn’t made it too far. In the far distance, a small figure, looking no larger than an ant from where I stood, hurried away. She’d only reached the edge of the forest when I caught sight of her. Still, it was impressive that she’d covered that much distance already.“You really have your hands full with her,” Melissa said as she came up to the balcony beside me. Her hand hovered above her eyes, shielding them from the lowering sun as she watche
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