Chapter 260: The Bait

Tessa

The drive to the old mining site took forty minutes through winding forest roads that barely deserved to be called roads at all. Roderick drove the lead vehicle with Gideon and me, while Maisie sat quietly in the backseat. Behind us, three more vehicles carried Roderick’s warriors—twenty men in total, all armed and ready for whatever we might find.

The closer we got to our destination, the