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Chapter Thirty-One: The Forest Remembers

Author: Evelyn Hart
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-07-25 22:48:01

The air was thick with fog, curling between the trees like it had a mind of its own.

Lucan walked beside Seraphina, his hand brushing hers every few steps. “Do you feel it?” he asked quietly.

“I feel… watched.”

The woods behind Duskmoor had always been forbidden. Not because of rules, but because of instinct. Even the birds didn’t sing here.

Seraphina paused near a tree with deep claw marks in the bark. She reached out and touched them, fingertips grazing the old, twisted grooves. “These weren’t made by an animal.”

Lucan didn’t respond right away. When he did, his voice was low. “They weren’t. That was me. A long time ago.”

She turned. “In another life?”

“In this one.”

They stared at each other, something silent passing between them.

“When the dreams started bleeding into reality,” he said, “I lost time. Nights went missing. Woke up in places I didn’t remember going. That’s why I never leave campus anymore.”

Seraphina stepped closer. “You think it was the Sleepless One controlling you
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