Chapter Thirty-Four: The Unwanted Champion

Miya POV

I remained in my branch, dumbfounded. I read the letter again, just to make sure I’d read it properly in the first place. So, when he’d stood in front of the tree, he wasn’t trying to capture me? Was he… guarding me?

No. Probably not. Probably just trying to communicate.

I checked my phone. 11:55.

I leapt out of the tree, landing with a significant thump and started strolling through the woods. A force struck my side that expelled the air from my lungs, making stars erupt over my vision. “Gotcha!” someone said. It was the fifth wolf- not Osira’s children, who I’d guessed were sticking together, but whoever had taken that final slot. They caught my arm, steadying me so I didn’t fall at least. “You are… covered in mud,” he said with a grimace. “Wow. Let’s get you……