Chapter 73

*Valerie*

“How far ahead of us do you think they are?” Pippa asks, tugging the bag further up on her shoulder.

I pause, looking through the trees at the trail Jaxen said Soren took on his journey to the ocean. Truthfully, I don’t know how fast Soren can travel by foot on land. There is no doubt he is fast in the water, but here, on land? He should be slower moving, right?

“They can’t be more than