Wren's POVThe eastern edge of the northern forest was quieter than it should have been.Not the comfortable quiet of early morning woodland settling into its daytime rhythm. The specific suspended quiet of a place where everything that normally made noise had decided, independently and unanimously, that noise was not currently in its best interest.No birds.No small animals moving through undergrowth.Not even wind in the upper branches, though I could see the trees moving against the sky above the canopy, which meant wind existed up there and had simply decided not to come down here.Senna noticed it too. I could tell from the way her hand had moved to her weapon without her apparently deciding to move it, pure trained instinct responding to an environmental signal before conscious assessment caught up.We didn't speak. We'd agreed before we entered that conversation was a liability we couldn't afford and that I would signal direction with hand movements and she would handle everyt
최신 업데이트 : 2026-07-25
