Chapter 60: Finding Cassian (5)
Using the carriage, Amade safely brought them to the destination where Geoffrey had directed him towards.
Stopping the carriage, Madeline was the first to step down from the carriage, only to see the area where Geoffrey had brought them was being covered with bushes and trees growing on each side of the earthly part. She turned to look at Geoffrey with stern eyes when he came down from the carriage as well.
"You said you knew where he was, but all I see is a dead end here! What are we supposed to do from here??" Madeline half-scolded Geoffrey, who wanted to speak but wasn’t given the chance to talk.
Madeline placed her palm to her forehead while closing her eyes and she looked away from Geoffrey. She stopped talking when she realized she might trigger herself if she gets too overwhelmed with their current situation, and now wasn’t the time to put blame on anyone.
Geoffrey was far older than her and she let her emotions get in the way by acting unnecessarily rude. But how is she to blame when she can’t find her husband??
"Are you trying to trick us or something?" Orson, who had gotten down after Inna, suddenly advanced forward to grab Geoffrey by the collar of his shirt. Geoffrey’s eyes widened alarmingly at the threatening action Orson displayed, and he quickly pointed towards the wood before he got choked to death.
"It’s not a trick, I saw them go in there." He opened his mouth to speak. "They took him in there, and I couldn’t follow them out of fear that I’ll be noticed, you have to believe me."
"That was the first mistake I made." Before Orson could react, Madeline quickly stepped in by separating the two of them, to Amade and Inna’s relief.
"Let him be." Madeline stood in their middle to keep them apart. "We shouldn’t trigger ourselves further than we already have, let’s just leave this place and...."
The rest of Madeline’s words shockingly drifted off when a familiar figure made her way through the bush part, and her eyes instantly widened when she saw it was Lily’s ghost. The little girl was walking through the bushes, and only came to a stop after locking gaze with Madeline.
"Lily??" She gasped.