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One hundred and thirty one: floating magic

Author: Asheeda max
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-08 22:11:07

Freya's pov

“Don’t light another fire,” Rowan said quietly, rolling his cloak and slinging it over his shoulder. “We’ve drawn enough attention already.”

Mira raised an eyebrow. “So we just walk back into the world cold and hungry?”

“Yes,” he said. “Preferably unnoticed.”

“Too late for that,” Finnick muttered, rubbing at the side of his head like it still ached. “I can feel it watching us. Still. Like something left its eyes behind.”

Kye stood a few feet from me, arms crossed, gaze on the trees like he expected them to reach out and pull us back into the Hollows. “It’s not watching,” he said. “It’s waiting.”

I tightened the strap on my pack. “Then we don’t give it a reason to follow.”

No one argued.

We left the edge of the Hollows behind in silence, each step pulling us further from the place where everything had split and shifted but the distance didn’t matter. I could feel the weight of what I’d done like a hollowness in my chest. Where the memory had been, there was only quiet now.
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