The thudding of hooves was only interrupted by the splashing of splattering water as the horses ran through puddles on their paths.
Silas kept tabs on his people lest they'd lose someone else on the way. The human guards trailed behind him as they could not keep up with his speed.
Still, the thought that truly kept his mind busy was the truth that no trace of Allegra lingered after her abduction.
They licked the forest pathways and back, gone off trail and yet no good news to be told.
The possibility that all of it was nothing but a ploy from her to divert from her deception and betrayal did cross his mind.
However, why start then? Why didn't she do it before?
Was it because Arabella had been pressing her with questions about the death of Edna or was it that she somehow figured out that we suspected her?
He and his wife did discuss exactly that topic the night prior to her disappearance after all… It was all too convenient.
