Eterna Forest Novels & Stories

’’ ‘’He didn’t. The five of us stand in a circle holding hands. We keep looking everywhere but nothing shows up. Suddenly Ethel comes running to us and says that the forest is not safe and that this is the forest were most of Krulisa’s army stays in order to hunt and eat both animals and humans. ‘’Why this specific forest? There are more than enough forests.’’ I ask. Ethel looks at me and gives a sigh. ‘’Because this is not a normal forest. He says. It’s the forest of Hallsenberg.’’

The child stood somewhere within its depths, waiting to collide with their carefully woven fates. After navigating through dense thickets and under canopies of ancient trees, they arrived at the towering Narra tree, a magnificent giant whose roots sprawled like serpents across the forest floor. It was a sacred landmark, and Elena’s pulse quickened at the sight. This was where Alterna had glimpsed the child. “Do you see anything?” Elena asked, scanning the area around the grand tree, her heart racing with an urgency founded in both fear and hope. Alterna crouched low, her perceptive eyes analyzing the shadows cast by the sun filtering through the leaves. “Not yet, Master. But I can sense fear

"Has she done anything. Since she was born. Anything that seemed wrong." Petra hesitated. "What," Aria said. "When I first held her. There was—" She stopped. Started again. "The trees moved. Around us. Not wind. They just moved. Leaned in." The forest. Which had been growing without human interference for two centuries. Which had developed its own particular ecosystem, its own balance, its own Aria looked at the trees around them. At the way they were positioned. At the specific density of canopy directly above them. Cover. They'd walked into perfect cover without choosing it. Without navigating toward it. The path had just been there.

His expression was bright with excitement, but the look in his eyes shows that he was clearly going through a mess of different feelings. It had been a while since he was back. And as they approached the mountain pass, the defensive wards started glowing, and Willow pulled out a token—it was ash-gray and inscribed with the word Eternia. Eternal longevity was the ultimate dream of all cultivators, after all—who wouldn't want to live forever? However, Caleb and the others didn't get it—why the Eternia Seminary? That was when the token glowed dazzlingly. And the defensive ward parted just like double doors, revealing an entrance.

Elena’s eyes fluttered open to the sharp scent of pine and damp earth. The world around her was no longer the gray, mist-filled Harbor. Tall trees rose overhead, their branches forming a thick canopy that filtered weak sunlight onto the forest floor. Leaves rustled softly in a gentle breeze. Birds called distantly. It was real. Alive. The living world.

Malen inclined her head in a greeting, her hand already starting to move in a quiet welcome. “You’re late,” Solenne said, her voice echoing faintly. It wasn’t a reproach; it was simply an observation. “We came as soon as the bell rang,” Kieran replied. Solenne’s fingers moved over a sigil interface. A map appeared in hovering light above the table. Rough plains, broken cliffs and a winding valley carved into the earth like an old scar. “Location: Eloir Valley, which is remote, sparsely populated, and with no outposts nearby. Three days ago, a villa was annihilated. An entire family has been massacred.”

When I pushed it open, the air was thick with the scent of damp earth and aging oak. Ethan was already there. He was sitting on a wooden crate, a single dim bulb casting long, jagged shadows across the racks of dusty bottles. He looked different in the darkless like a Grant heir and more like the boy who had lost his parents at sixteen. He had a bottle open, but he wasn't drinking much; he was just staring at the label. "You actually came," he said, his voice a low vibration in the small space. "I shouldn't have," I whispered, sitting on the crate opposite him, keeping a careful distance. "If Harrison finds me down here, I’m done. He already looks at me like he knows exactly what I'm thinkin

[That man's POV] During the daytime, Nagosia forest looks like an endless maze of thick trunks and tall, slender trees that are just as hard to navigate through as the rest of it. The grass has been cut into long thin strips by thousands of years of frost and snowfall, and the trees have become so tall that they can almost reach through the clouds. There are no flowers in bloom yet, but the ground is filled with them. The sunlight cannot enter through leaves or branches here. This is the perfect place for a man with his mind and heart set on finding a lover to spend eternity with, but Eta Wolf Suzette was sitting alone there.

"Thank you, Fernanda." Fernanda gave a small nod, then started to leave. She reached for the doorknob, but didn't leave right away. She looked back briefly, watching Emory sip her tea. Only then did she step out completely. "Also, Luna," Sienna resumed after reporting the progress of the construction of the children's hospital for the pack. "According to Pierce's information, the Hallowed Pack has sent another drone around the Echora Forest."