The forest wraps us in its cloak of darkness and silence. Shadow moves ahead, gliding through the night with supernatural grace. I struggle to keep pace, each branch cracking beneath my feet like a shout in the stillness.“Don’t stop, Amelia,” he says without turning, his voice low but laced with authority. “We’re close.”Close to what, I don’t know. My legs burn, the night’s cold gnaws at my skin, but I don’t complain. There’s something in the tightness of his shoulders, in the way he keeps glancing back over them, that keeps me alert, on edge.At last, we reach what looks like a hill overgrown with brush. Shadow stops before a wall of rock and, with a swift motion, sweeps aside a thick curtain of branches. Behind it, an opening, barely visible in the stone, yawns like a secret.“Is it safe?” I ask, trying to steady my breath.“As safe as it gets,” he answers, gesturing for me to go in first.I hesitate, but his eyes urge me forward. I crouch to enter, a shiver running down my spine
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