#Chapter 77 - Into The Woods

Soren Celia and I are stuck in the car for what seems like an eternity. We stayed at a dingy and shady hotel, one that we left as early as we could, and we found ourselves sitting on an old dirt road right in front of a tree line. The forest is big and vast. I know this because my father showed me maps of the packs’ borders that sit along each other. The forest separates us and the Lycans. There is no patrol here because of the sheer force of the forest. It is too dense for any normal person to go through. The trees are so close together that barely any light can get through, making it perpetually nighttime underneath the cover of the trees. Only a skilled group of soldiers and rangers can navigate their way through the forest. “When will they be here?” Celia asks. I turn and look at her. She is relaxed back into her seat, a sleepy look on her face. I reach out and flatten her frizzy hair. She leans into my touch, her eyes closing shut, a small and content smile spreading cro