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Chapter 133

Autor: Layomi
last update Última atualização: 2025-08-17 21:13:41

"The Watcher in the Trees"

Kael hits the door running. Don't even think about it. Just move.

"Stay with Elara!" he yells back at the cabin but Ronan's already behind him. Heavy boots splashing through mud and puddles. Rain soaks through their shirts in seconds.

The forest is all wrong. That's the first thing hits them. Should be hearing animals. Night birds. Something. Instead there's nothing but rain hitting leaves. Like everything with sense ran away already.

"Where'd it go?" Ronan pants. Guy's out of shape. Too much sitting around planning instead of actual work.

Kael stops and listens. Nothing. Just water dripping from branches. But the air smells weird. Like burnt metal mixed with something sweet. Something dead.

"There." Kael points to a big oak tree about twenty feet away. "Look at that."

Ronan squints through the rain. Takes him a minute to see what Kael's looking at. Then he swears real loud.

The tree trunk's got marks burned into it. Same twisty pattern that's all over Elar
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