Chapter 505: What Took You So Long?
Maeve looked at her friends and the children hiding in the small cramped alleyway. They were all shivering, whether from fear or the cold rain of the raging storm above, she did not know.
She tried her best to smile reassuringly, “Follow me.”
Feli reached out to grab her hand, “Wait—”
But Maeve had already walked off into the dark street. Rhian trotted after her without hesitation, a wounded Shirleen still atop her saddle, barely holding onto consciousness. Muttering under her breath, Feli ran after them.
“It’s going to be okay, everyone. Follow Lady Mora,” Karen said to the children and grabbed her younger sister’s hand, before hurried after their mother and the centaur.
Witt and the high priest Elm pushed the children along with soft words of encouragement.
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Maeve’s movements were erratic. She was leading them down an empty street, then she’d turn the corner and disappear. Feli looked around, anxiously calling out to her in a quiet voice, only for Maeve to be standing all the way at the end of the street.
“This way!” Maeve waved them on.