CHAPTER 57

  Elizabeth's Point Of View

  Breathing heavily, a few rebellious drops of sweat on his temple, Sebastian flashes me a quick crooked smile.

  "You were saying, Hazel?" he lifts my chin up as he approaches, closing my mouth.?

  Blood rushes to my face but I refuse to let him have the smugness and huff.

  "I was saying we cant just destroy trees," I say, walking towards the fallen tree. "But well."

  "Then maybe you'd like to wade through the swamp, Hazel." A voice says from behind me.?

  "And let the tree's death be fruitless?" I ask, eyes wide in dramatic horror. "I'd rather not."

  Sebastian's eyes narrow a fraction but he leaves it at that as he picks up his things and starts after me on the bridge.

  As we reach the center of the tree trunk, it start getting thinner and I open my arms to keep my balance. I can do this, I take a few wobbly steps forward, I can definitely—