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.

weren’t doing so well. They’d been completely waterlogged and

dying, they wouldn’t be as potent for

and Payne nearly

is it, what’s wrong?” I asked, seeing the dark shadow in

head and whispered softly under

looked where he’d been

was completely blown away. There

there, it

were only a few scraps of the temple left, glinting in

“Enzo?”

He squinted his eyes shut and shook his head,

“Are you okay?”

tense and he

he 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

hands trembled

a glint of tears

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

It is awful. I’m

could Norwind turn from one of the most wealthy, powerful, prosperous packs in the land

ground his teeth together,

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

Enzo smiled tightly.

I’m

that doesn’t mean it can’t

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

us further

Enzo was still upset,

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

He scoffed.

need. It can’t feed

voice to make others start fighting for themselves and their needs. Enzo, you’ve opened the door. Don’t be

I might not be strong enough to protect

a wonderful

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

look to you… if he doesn’t make it.” I hated to bring up the unpleasant likelihood that regardless of what we did, it might

to make it!” he declared in such a

smiled, “and we’ll do everything

to

ahead of me and

from our list. The plants weren’t completely waterlogged but they did look

here as I hoped. I guess the rain took a

take what we can

around the herbs was also in trouble. It was stringy and slimy, probably from too much water and

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 to rebuild homes. They were already

place for these people to

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