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"Good job, partner," Heath said, giving oofy grin Before I could do so out through the trees "The tracker! It’s showing up! The receiver is working!"

Everyone shot up and rushed toward him Even Kiev and Corrine arrived with their ruht at the base of the receiver had started flashing, even as an arrow eed on the screen It spun around wildly at first, but then settled, pointing deeper into the woods

"I wonder why it started working only now," Micah said

"Maybe we needed to be closer," I suggested hopefully "Maybe we’ve gained a lot of ground on the, we should follow the device This will hopefully save time A lot of time"

Victoria

I felt quite disconcerted by the care Bastien was showing toward me Mostly because I siers to each other His behavior al to earn , as he scanned the trees around us "We should keep h the satchel and belt still clenched between his teeth

"Where to now?"

He paused, looking hesitant "I need to find out hoide these hunters’ strides across our realm have become The mountain lair we just left, my family’s lair, is one of the closest to where the hunters set up their base I a the very first to be affected The second closest tribe that I know of is the Tuftbrook tribe We have never been on very good terht be surprised ho packs get along with each other," he added with a dark look "If these hunters wish to divide and conquer, if that is their strategy, division already exists in this real"

"You think the hunters ht have reached the Tuftbrooks already?" I asked

"It’s possible Perhaps they found allies a traitors there, as they did in my pack Or, I believe more likely, they could have just wiped them all out… But I wish to visit and see for myself I have hope they are still there"

And so I resuain I ended up closing my eyes for most of the journey--I’d been woken up abruptly, likely in the middle of a sleep cycle, and now I felt like death Of course, there was no chance of actual sleep