Chapter 358: Bottomed Out

Eden’s POV

Goodbye?

“Zara, what do you mean he said good-bye?” I asked. She looked frazzled. The tears streamed down her face, wetting her fur in large, damp streaks.

“He doesn’t have much longer. He found me. Reached out. Because he wanted to say goodbye.”

This wasn’t good. This wasn’t good at all.

We needed to find this coven and we needed to find it fast.

“Zara, can you pick up his scent?” I asked.

“It’s no use,” she said softly. “Eden, I think it’s too late.”

Astrid watched me with a concerned look on her face.

“Zara, we have to try. We’re close. I know it. Please, just try to pick up his scent.”

“We need to shift again,” I told Astrid. “It’s Slade. It’s not good. We’re running out of time.”

Astrid said nothing. She only nodded quickly. Then she started removing her clothes. I did the same. We tied our clothes around our legs and let our wolves out.

Zara was forlorn but she sniffed the air. She couldn’t smell him though. So she tried again. We tried running back into the forest, a