Edana’s POV:
The walk back was long. Trying to support two people when Kessal and I were about a few hours away from collapsing the same way they already had, we were unsure if we would be able to manage it. But we had to try, we had to try since we owed it to not only Kalli and Braeden but to our parents - mine and Kalli’s that is - who came before us in trying to stop Amber and the others. We had to try.
“How much further?” Kessal’s strained voice is the only break in the silence once we’d had to stop running since it was draining our energy too fast. “I - we - need to keep moving Dana since I’m still sure whatever was following us before is still after us even with how far we’ve run.” He shakes me once when I’d stopped to rest against a tree but the movements were not helpful since th
