Red Rover
Everyone around me reacts the same—some stagger, some gasp, one of the witches nearly moans.
Hermes lowers his hands, pale and sweating, but grinning with pride. “Speed. Cunning. Agility. All enhanced. You’ll need it.”
Arya nods. “We’re aware.”
“I wish you good fortune and favorable circumstances,” he adds.
...Right. Sure. Thanks, I guess.
The landscape of Selene’s Realm is a whole new kind of nightmare.
It used to be twilight—rolling hills, glowing trees, that eternal summer dusk. Now? Now it’s blood skies, cracked rock, magma pits, sulfur vents, and jagged cliffs like the underworld is bleeding through the cracks.
Sikat na Kabanata