Crystal Cave

It felt like it had taken us hours to find the path to the overpass. I wondered if this wasn’t a spell the spirits had put over the place to keep them safe from intruders that might cause harm to the land they had taken as their own.

The staircase down led us to what almost seemed like a mere storage room. Of course, there would be a trick to getting into the lower areas below the tower, but we would need to find the secret passageway. The others' chattering continued even as we searched.

“So what was it you guys had come here for?” Max asked. “Did one of you get possessed too?”

“Ah, no,” Kayden replied. “We came to find out why Rakesh’s powers and memory were gone. Or dwindling, at least. Rem’s with us because he decided that his new pack was getting too frustrating when they kept bothering him about offspring or something.”

“S-shut up!” Rem’s retort was short, simple, but not effective at all. “It wasn’t even the werewolves asking about it…” he then said, much quieter than befor