The death of Landon and everything that happened back at the cave had shaken Elyssa to the core. The dreadful scenario kept replaying in her head like a horror movie as the silence of the forest weighed heavily upon her, broken occasionally by the call of a distant bird or the rustle of the bushes and small creatures scurrying through the undergrowth.
It’s been almost a day and she still couldn’t find her way back to the settlement. No matter the direction she took, somehow it always led her back to the paths of the cave.
This part of the forest seemed to stretch endlessly in every direction, each tree and bush blending harmoniously into an ocean of green. She had never been to this part of the forest before. Even after she escaped Landon’s settlement and when Nicolai had taken her, she
