Chapter 58: The calm before the storm

Chapter 58: The Calm before the Storm

Ryker’s POV:

I moved silently through the dense forest, my eyes never leaving Kaida’s retreating figure. I had been tasked with gathering proof of her alliance with an enemy, and tonight, I was determined to get it. I stayed hidden in the shadows, far enough not to be detected but close enough to catch every whisper.

Kaida stopped near an old oak, glancing around cautiously. Soon enough someone else joined her, at first it looked like it was one person but then someone else came out from the dark to their side. I could tell from my position that the other two people that joined were a man and a woman.

“Kael, it’s good of you two to join me here by this hour?” She said in a hushed tone.

It was then it struck me that Kaida was in cohort with Kael and Eliana. She had been feeding them information about our plan, especially about Aria. Maybe she was the one that told Kael about Aria being alive and not Ravenwood after all.

“What do you have for u