All Chapters of Wildwood: The veins of the earth : Chapter 41 - Chapter 42

The ground beneath WildWood trembled—not with fury, but with awakening. From the remains of the Flesh Garden, once a place of writhing madness and twisted bodies, now rose something new. Petals of wet, bark-like flesh unfurled toward the ceiling of the cavern. At its center, the Seed pulsed—no longer dormant, but alive in a way it had not been for centuries. It wasn’t just growing—it was becoming. Cracks spread across the cavern walls, revealing glowing veins of light beneath the stone, as though the very marrow of the world had turned to fire. Whispered voices echoed through the tunnels, not malevolent, but yearning. They sought to be known. The Seed, at its core, was not evil. It was history forgotten. Memory denied. It had tried for generations to express itself in dreams, in hauntings, in the twisted forms of those lost in the forest. But now, something had shifted. Clara, Emily, and Ashani had returned not to destroy—but to listen. Still, Varethkaal remained. ⸻ Clara: Gat