Chapter 182. Dovery Falls

Raina’s POV

Distraught and caught up in my own world as I sat on a cherry log by the punchbowl waterfalls, I stared mindlessly at the crashing stream across from me. It channeled from a narrow hanging gorge, shooting over a ledge and roaring straight into the round plunge pool below.

The scene was so glorious that I was fixated on the sky’s sultry reflection that emblazoned onto the clear diamond water surrounding it.

The tumultuous ripples robbed me of any hopes for a eureka moment, and more of my not-so peaceful life. The elders gave me the creeps. I couldn't help the awry inkling that churned in my gut.

How much did they know?

Drawing in a deep breath of the sap, sweet air of citrus, I exhaled lengthily, trying to clear my mind.

Venus was right, though.

It was a splendid idea to have our lunch picnic on this shallow cliff and to go swimming later at Dovery Falls.

Not too long ago, I wandered away from the vivacious