35. THE TUNNEL

~ZIRA

I strutted through the woods on my red mane.

I was trying to locate a certain tunnel in the forest. While growing up, I had heard whispers of a tunnel whose entrance was in the woods which led straight into the pack house.

"I know it sounds absurd, Red but I think it's real," I told my horse since I had no one else to talk to —If Kael had accepted me, then he would have been my escort on this mission.

I shrugged it away and paid attention to the road ahead. I had been thinking that if my parents and Uther could not find the Moon crest last night, then it might have been because of a few scenarios.

There was the possibility that whoever stole it had already left a long time ago. There was also the scenario where the one who stole it was just good at hiding or they had used another way out.

I wanted to believe that they had used the tunnel since its opening would be unguarded and no one used it. It would have provided the best cover.

My Father did not think it existed either. If i