Chapter 176. The Price of the Gift

The days went by and Luc's delay in returning began to bother Giovanna. She walked through the forest every day, looking for the animals she had read about in the book. She felt alone. Damian and Caio had disappeared, Theo spent his time with the werewolves, getting drunk and had even stopped shaving and showering. He wouldn't come near her and when she tried to reach him in the early days, Theo would turn into a wolf and disappear into the woods for hours. The camp became their home.

She reached the edge of the woods, where she could see the road below as she followed an owl. It wouldn't be long before daylight, she realized.

At first, she thought she was seeing the headlight of some motorcycle, but after her eyes got used to the darkness, as if they were the eyes of an owl, she realized that it was someone in a very special astral form. Giovanna thought about going down there and approaching, but it wasn't necessary. The time it took her to blink wa