Kieran trotted along, more tired and drained now, his little tail no longer wagging as he sniffed and padded on the forest floor, But the scent was strong now and he felt a second spurt of energy until he came to where it ended, eyeing the boulder or large rock which he thought hid a cave behind it. Now what thought the little boy miserably. He wasn't big enough to move it by himself and there was a gap but it wasn't wide enough to slip through.
He slunk off behind it and sat wondering what to do. He wasn't about to walk back to the castle. That would take too long but he knew Luca was in there. He could smell him and that bastard Conrad. He didn't want to leave because help might not come and what if he lost the location of the cave? He lay down and put his head on his paws, thinking to
