Chapter 70: The Heat

Kaden’s POV

The bottom of the cliff stretches before us, a desolate expanse with rugged rocks and twisted roots jutting out from the damp soil. The air is damp and the surroundings are cloaked in a veil of darkness. The place is quiet too, it seems as if the creatures of the forest do not like this place.

Well, neither do I.

Landon and I scour the area, leaving no stones unturned and covering every inch of the uneven ground. The rocks are slick with moisture, and the gnarled branches of the surrounding trees cast long shadows that seem to dance in the fading daylight. But there is no sign of the Sorceress.

"No blood," Landon observes. "No tracks, nothing. It is as if she vanished into thin air."

I look up towards the looming cliff above us. No one, not even a wolf could have fallen this distance and survived unscathed.

“It makes no sense,” I growl, kicking away a stone. It flies from the ground and smashes into the side of the cliff’s wall. “There has to be something.”

“Unless she did