Chapter 173: The Bones

Tessa

I barely slept that night. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw her—my baby, alone and afraid in a dark cave. I imagined her cries echoing off the stone walls, growing fainter and fainter until they stopped altogether.

By the time morning arrived, my eyes were swollen and my throat was raw. But I felt strangely determined, as if I might actually find something other than remains in that cave t