I was relieved that it didn’t take us too long to catch up to the others - leaving early had been the right decision, and it had been the first decision I had made alone and expected people to follow.
The rest of the pack was clearly on edge, and I noted that Ares and Rayden were not with them.
I knew they weren’t far away and as soon as I had set my things down I disappeared without anyone else noticing to go and find them.
I didn’t care that Zaahra and Aleks would probably make comments about me running after Ares - I had felt that awful feeling gripping my heart and soul since he left and I needed to be with him to try to help him through those feelings.
He looked exhausted as soon as I caught sight of him, and I suspected he had been sitting on the rock at the foot of a small rock
