Chapter 755

Chapter 100 : Prepare for the Worst

My heart flooded with warmth and I took Soren’s hand. He squeezed my fingers and smirked. With a sharp tug, he pulled me along.

We caught up with Enzo and Payne by the front door.

“It shouldn’t be too difficult to find the herbs, right?” I asked.

Enzo shrugged. “I know some good places to look. But there’s been a lot of rain…”

“Lead the way.” Payne pointed toward the door.

Enzo led us out to the front yard. The ground was soggy and squishy under my feet, oversaturated with water.

Water still drizzled around us but it was more like a mist than a rain shower. Natural mist, not magical mist.

We walked toward the mountains where the Moon Goddess temple had been. I moved a little closer to Soren, remembering what happened the last time we were there.

“Oh, crap!”

Enzo’s curse pulled me from my thoughts.

“What’s wrong?” Soren asked.

“The road ahead is washed out. The only way around is to wade through that flooded lowland over there.”

He pointed to the flooded area.

“It looks like we’re getting wet,” I muttered.

We all stood at the edge of the flooded area. It was impossible to tell how deep the water was and, in the darkness, I couldn’t see the other side.

“I’ll go first and test the depth of the water,” Payne suggested.

Before Soren could say anything, Payne plunged into the water. It devoured him quickly, until he was just a head above water.

“It doesn’t get any deeper than this, and the other side isn’t too far off. We might have to swim a little, but there’s no current, so it should be easy,” Payne reported.

“Let’s go, then.”

Soren went in next, leading me by the hand. Enzo followed us.

When we got deeper, where I couldn’t touch the bottom anymore, Soren swung me onto his back. I wrapped my arms loosely around his neck as he waded through the deeper water.

If I thought finding the herbs would be easy, I was sorely mistaken…

On the other side of the flooded land, the ground sloped upward. We’d be going into the mountains, which meant no more flooding.

“Come on, there are good herbs this way,” Enzo said. He motioned to us to follow him.

so well. They’d been completely waterlogged and it was killing them. I hoped the herbs we found

they wouldn’t be as potent

dead and Payne

what’s wrong?” I asked,

bowed his head and whispered softly under his

looked where he’d been looking and I

stood. The mountain looked… half of the mountain was completely blown away. There were huge chunks of rock and rubble piled around

there, it was

a few scraps of

“Enzo?”

He squinted his eyes shut and shook his head,

“Are you okay?”

tense and he clenched

see the rocks at the base of the mountain?” he asked, pointing to the rubble. “That used to be very fertile farmland. The majority of

trembled

a glint of tears at the edge of his

the explosion and flooded by the rains. All the equipment has been

It is

most wealthy, powerful, prosperous packs in the land to ruins

together, anger

as bad as you think. Once the flooding recedes, you and your people can look over the land and the extent of the damage. It could still be salvageable,”

Enzo smiled tightly.

be young but I’m not naïve.

mean

sighed. A boy his age shouldn’t have to sigh like that. “We’ve got a lot of ground to cover, we should keep going.

led us further

upset,

pack was ready to give up hope, you

He scoffed.

what they need. It can’t

others start fighting for themselves and their needs. Enzo, you’ve opened the

be strong enough to protect everyone but that doesn’t mean I just give up without

a wonderful

grandfather taught me how to support the pack. That’s always been his job as the healer. He needs to know everyone, their allergies, their medical histories, all of it. It

find that’s untrue. Your grandfather taught you well and I think that the pack will look to you… if he doesn’t make it.” I

going to make it!” he declared in such a confident voice that it

do everything we can

ahead to a

ahead of me and started

herb name from our list. The plants weren’t completely waterlogged but they did look a little weathered. I wasn’t sure they’d be

I guess the rain took a lot of them out.”

take

down to help. The grass around the herbs was also in trouble. It was stringy and slimy, probably from too much water and not

on the rain damage, it would take a long time for the land in Norwind to be good for growing crops again. The mud and floods would make it difficult

best place for these people to stay

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