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.

nearby plants weren’t doing so well.

they were dying, they wouldn’t

and Payne nearly

is it, what’s wrong?” I asked,

his head and whispered

looked where he’d been looking

where the Moon Goddess temple had stood. The mountain looked… half of the mountain was completely blown away. There were huge chunks of rock and rubble piled around the base of the

had been there, it was completely smothered

were only a few scraps of the

“Enzo?”

a hand on his shoulder. He squinted his eyes shut and shook

“Are you okay?”

saw his jaw tense and

asked, pointing to the rubble. “That used to be very fertile farmland. The majority of Norwind food production came from there. A lot of people worked on those

hands trembled and he

a glint of tears at the edge of

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

It is awful. I’m

the most wealthy, powerful, prosperous

his teeth together,

as bad as you think. Once the flooding recedes, you and your people can look over the land and the

Enzo smiled tightly.

might be young but I’m not naïve. Norwind is no longer the pack it

mean it can’t

boy his age shouldn’t have to sigh like that. “We’ve got a lot of ground to

led us further into the

Enzo was still upset, so I went and

rest of your pack was ready to give up hope, you spoke up on behalf of your grandfather. You gave them hope again,” I

He scoffed.

they need. It can’t feed them or

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

warriors are gone. I might not be strong enough to protect everyone but that doesn’t mean

is a wonderful quality,

always been his job as the healer. He needs to know everyone, their allergies, their medical histories, all of it. It is what makes him such an exceptional healer and why his loss would destroy what is left of their

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

declared in such a confident voice that it sounded like a

smiled, “and we’ll do

ahead to a patch of plants. “Those are some of the herbs

of

completely waterlogged but they did look a little weathered. I wasn’t sure they’d be completely

rain took a lot of them

we will take

in trouble. It was stringy and slimy, probably from too

to be good for growing crops again. The mud and floods

Norwind territory wasn’t the best place for these people to stay

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