Chapter 28: Overgrown and Under siege

Chapter 28: Overgrown and Under siege

Zurie was large for such an isolated village. They grew all of their own crops. They made trips to the sea for fish and carted the fish back to village. They also fished in the rivers nearby though this was not encouraged. The rivers were a last resort for when food was scarce so the elders of the village did not want them depleted by overfishing. Cory was amazed at how colourful the village was. Each house was painted a different colour and the villagers were not afraid to choose vibrant shades. She spotted houses painted canary yellow, emerald green, coral pink, azure and even blood-red. It was as if there was an ongoing competition among the villagers with a grand prize for the house with the loudest colour theme. Cory and Sprout loved it. Hayden and Titan were not so impressed. Hayden, Titan, Venom and the twins had all shifted back to their human forms and dressed themselves near the outskirts of the vi