Jade: The Hybrid Mage
I couldn’t.
'Focus,' Naila whispered from within me. 'The forest is alive. Respect it, or it will devour you.'
I listened. I moved with the caution of a hunted thing, not a hunter.
The deeper we went, the worse the fog became. Hunger gnawed at the edges of my focus, but we couldn't stop. Not here. Not while we were being watched — by monsters, by invisible officials, and possibly by Lysar’s team.
At one point, the fog shifted, and I spotted a hulking shape moving in parallel to us. Something massive. Fur matted with gore. Antlers growing wrong from a creature that should never have had them.