Chapter 19

Me-la-ni

I stared as the air cleared up, and I was alone once again. Si-ri… She’d betrayed Bo-lo-to. Why? I looked around. Did this mean she was fighting on our side now? Or had she made up her own scheme, and was playing us out against each other?

For a moment, I wondered if I should follow her, but I decided against it. She would lead me straight to Bo-lo-to. I could only trust that she would be back, as she had said she would.

I sat down on the ground, wondering how this changed our mission. The others didn’t know, and as long as I was travelling, there was no way of contacting them. I sighed. I really hoped the Seed had a plan, and that it would all work out in the end.

I could feel her calling me, and I stood up and closed my eyes. This time, the travel was smooth, and I landed in a forest, another one I had not seen before.

“Now, we’re waiting,” I heard her whisper within me.