My heart flooded with warmth and I took Soren’s hand. He squeezed my fingers and smirked. With a sharp tug, he pulled me along.
We caught up with Enzo and Payne by the front door.
“It shouldn’t be too difficult to find the herbs, right?” I asked.
Enzo shrugged. “I know some good places to look. But there’s been a lot of rain…”
“Lead the way.” Payne pointed toward the door.
Enzo led us out to the front yard. The ground was soggy and squishy under my feet, oversaturated with water.
Water still drizzled around us but it was more like a mist than a rain shower. Natural mist, not magical mist.
We walked toward the mountains where the Moon Goddess temple had been. I moved a little closer to Soren, remembering what happened the last time we were there.
“Oh, crap!”
Enzo’s curse pulled me from my thoughts.
“What’s wrong?” Soren asked.
“The road ahead is washed out. The only way around is to wade through that flooded lowland over there.”
He pointed to the flooded area.