Blood Beneath the Cypress Knees
A few witches allowed themselves brief smiles at his humor, small relief amid tension.
The first hour passed with little to show, the swamp alive only with the storm’s fury. Water pooled in low spots, threatening to swallow paths, and every shadow seemed poised to conceal something deadly.
Then, movement flickered. Meryn signaled, and the witches froze. The shapeshifter stepped out of the mist, no longer a falcon but a hulking, humanoid figure, sleek and dark, wet as the storm itself. Eyes like coals glinted with intelligence and malice, measuring the scouts, calculating, patient.
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