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“What in the world is that,” Emily asked. She didn’t realize that she had spoken aloud till Gabriel answered her.

“I’m not sure what Rotterford has planned. I think that I hear something metallic mixed in with the sound of the trees moving, snapping, and falling.”

“I hear it too,” Hunter replied, taking a step forward.

“I don’t suppose that giants are real,” Emily asked, only half joking as she watched more trees shake and then give way to whatever was making their way toward them.

“They are real,” Gabriel said, “but this doesn’t sound like a giant. If it was a giant you would know it.”

“What do you mean by that,” Emily asked.

“Giants are old,” Agatha said. “They are elementals. They are made of rock, water, and ice. If one of them moved you would know. When the ones made of rock move it makes the news because they have either caused an earthquake or a landslide.”

“Oh,” Emily said as she felt the ground vibrating under them. I still think it could be a giant.

It’s not, Ric