Hope looked across the ruins and frowned. They were deserted, not a soul in sight.

“He’s gone.” Joseph told her.

“I knew he would be.” It was dark and the ruins were lit up by the moonlight, the stars twinkling above them.

“Any sign of what he was doing here?” She asked hopefully.

“No,” he replied “He was probably meeting someone.”

She nodded and ran her fingers through her hair.

“What shall we do?”

“Hunt down the traitor, and bring him back to me alive.”

Joseph nodded and left her alone. Hope held back tears. Jacob was her best friend. Her fellow guardian. And the truth of his betrayal was too much to bare. She knew the only thing to do was to put him down, and become truly alone in the world.