Chapter 391: When Loyalty Draws the Line I
Orion gave Joren a look. The boy looked anxious and worried.
"Joren, there's a reason I'm here," Orion told him calmly.
Joren swallowed. Ethan moved up beside him, shoulders squared but eyes shadowed with strain.
"We tried to track Sophia's scent," Joren said quickly. "Me and Ethan. We picked it up at first. It was strong and clear, like she was in the forest with us. We tracked every place she was and everywhere she moved, but then suddenly, the scent disappeared. It just stopped, like she was not there anymore."
"The trail cut off completely. One minute it was there, and the next it wasn't," Joren told him.
Orion paused, taking in their words. It wasn't natural for a scent trail to just disappear like that, especially if one didn't mask their scent — and he doubted Sophia did. They were taking a test after all. What would be the logic behind her masking it?
