Chapter 68

Mia's POV

"Told you it's pointless," I said bitingly as I caught up to Lycidas and Mason. My temper was helped by the way my step parents had just dismissed Lycidas, and me by extension, which was cold to say the least.

My father: You're looking for Mia? What the hell are you looking for that trash for, son? I don't know if you met her or heard about her instead, but she will do nothing but bring shame to you, son. Find another woman,"

With that, he turned and never spoke to us again.

My mother: Oh, you don't eat corpses, do you? Because she's probably dead somewhere in the forest. But in case you eat very unpleasant corpses, which is what she would be now, winter's coming, so she might still be fresh. Just search the woods well,"

All the while, I had been in the shadows, trying to stop myself from leaping at them and digging out their hearts.

"Do you have anything that has her scent then? I would like to search for her," Lycidas had asked.

When he did, my father turned to look a