Chapter 47

I firmly grasped the bow as the arrow sat against the nocking point. My bangs were sticking to the side of my face because of the sweat that was trickling from my forehead. As I viewed from my perch in the tree, I slowly inhaled.

As long as no one approached from behind, they wouldn't be able to smell me or see me from up in the tree because I was high up and facing away from the wind. My body was hidden by the branches, but I was protected by dark slacks and a black sweatshirt just in case.

Even while I really wanted to be the one to free Rafa from the Vernal cells, I realized that wasn't going to be possible. I was too recognizable at this point; perhaps I could have passed unnoticed if I hadn't walked around after my Shift showing everyone my change. But now everyone was familiar with my face.

But nobody recognized Javier's face. He was in charge of entering the cells and removing Rafa and the two Yellowstone females from there, together with Chris. In all honesty, we only needed t