Behind The Trees Novels & Stories

“You can bring the forest back.” Ethan said in amazement. “Yeah. Or I could use it as a distraction.” I said. “What do you mean?” He asked. “Well, they will be too focused on the trees growing back in one particular area for them to be watching any other area of the backgrounds. Because I don’t know how much of this I can do at once. I don’t know if it’s just one tree or the whole forest. I really don’t.” I explained.

I stood by the Hollow Mirror the pond in the Grove that reflected not faces, but truths. In it, I saw myself. Older. Stronger. And behind me, a tree unlike any other. Its bark was black. Its roots were stars. Its branches reached not upward but inward. I knew where to go. 3. The Spiral Tree With Rafael at my side, and the Circle once again gathered, we journeyed east—to the place no one marked on maps, where the land folded in strange curves and rivers flowed backward at dusk. The Spiral Tree stood in the center of it all.

I can start to hear the rumbling of trucks coming from a distance. I wait to see if my trap for that zone has worked. BOOOM Lewana mind-links me. "What was that? Them or us?". I chuckle. "That was us Moonlight. We are a fully functioning farm, so lots of fertilizer gets wet and needs to be written off the books". Knowing that side is safe. I focus on the North West. I watch the tree line and notice the unnatural rustling of the trees. Every tree is moving with more force than the last time we saw them. We all brace ourselves as they come into view.

A way of telling Rex to get some senses. “Understood, sir.” he nodded and reached for his phone to call the driver ahead of the vehicle they were in to move to the mahogany tree in front, ignoring the mud. The thick forest had no life; it was filled with trees with buttress roots, and its branches formed a canopy, providing shade for weeds, causing them to grow sparsely where there was little sunlight show. A narrow but bushy path to the left had left a trail, and the weeds around the narrow path fled in different directions.

My eyes instantly zeroed in behind a big old tree. I glanced back to see Shiera gone, and it was my cue to sprint to him.

"I don't know. I don't see a house and there's no drive or a road over to those trees. Sometimes farm fields have patches of trees to act as a wind block in between fields." "I don't remember a drive from the last time. Maybe it's so overgrown you can't see it. Or maybe we came up on it from the wrong side and it's on the other side of the trees." Natalie wrapped her arms around herself. A cold front was rolling in. "All right. Let's check it out. If that isn't it then I give up for now. We're going back after this." Working their way across the field wasn't easy. Natalie grew despondent. She didn't remember it being this difficult to get there. When they got to the patch of trees, an eerie

Amante POV The deafening silence of the forest contests with the calmness of my winter breaths. The thick forest is dark with snow fog, gloomy, and chilly without any living things around other than the frozen podocarp conifers and southern beech trees. It is a wonder how those gigantic, sturdy, and massive hedges withstand in this frigid region. “Incredible, isn’t it?”, I mumbled, smirking boastfully at Maziar conscious of his awe of a lifetime.

“We could do that here if you want,” she suggested with a seductive smile. “Out here in the open?” He asked wide-eyed, surprised by her boldness. “Someone could see us.” “Not if we stand behind the tree. Everyone is on the other side over there, and none of them can see us behind a wide tree bark except they have laser eyes.” “What are laser eyes?” She chuckled. “That’s ahead of your time, darling. Come here,” she said and pulled him toward the other side of the large willow tree they had been standing beside. True to her calculation, the girth of the tree was wide enough to hide both of them partially.

It was a good thing that they decided to leave me after some time and I had the chance to go to this backyard. There's a huge barn on the left side and a tree on the right. Although I feel curious what's inside the barn, I don't think I am allowed to go in there, so instead, I went to the tree, but the moment I did, I saw a track around it, something I didn't see earlier because of this tree. Surely, it was leading inside a forest, but it was so dark there and I knew I should stay away from it.

I looked at him confused, "Is this it? You brought me all the way here to show me what I've been seeing from the last five minutes?!" He looked down at me and shook his head, "Just a few more steps and you'll see." He said. He took my hand in his and started walking towards the trees which were covering the trees behind them. Taking Damien's help I started walking. Only when I reached close to those trees did I realize there were no trees behind the ones I was seeing. I passed past the trees and my eyes widened. It was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. I looked at Damien who was looking at me.