Chapter 256: A Grim Reality

Tessa

After a relatively smooth and a very uneventful flight, the helicopter touched down on Roderick’s estate a little past noon. The sun was shining high above, the birds were chirping, and there was a pleasant breeze rustling through the trees.

To anyone else, Maisie included, it was just another lovely day in the vast, beautiful wilderness comprising Roderick’s territory. To anyone except for