Chapter 30: Tale of the Peasant Girl

Enzir woke up with a start as he felt the warmth of the sun on his face and heard the different sounds of the jungle. He thought he was having a bad dream, but soon realized that he had been forced out of his castle fortress and the jungle might as well be his new home.

He looked around him and remembered that he was within the temple ruins of Alanca. The lichen-covered walls of the temple were bathed in the morning sun, revealing more of the carvings that he saw the night before. Not far from him were two statues of ancient gods that may have guarded the entrance to the temple. One of the statues had been toppled to the ground by a large tree that had taken its place in the pedestal, but the other was intact and revealed the artistry of the ancient Alnoc sculptors. There were sounds of birds that were fleeting between the trees as well as the cackle of a hen which Enzir realized was coming from Kora who had made a corner of the temple her own comfortable space.

Enzir's stomach grumble