A Night at Wildwood
The Binding
The ground beneath them rumbled, a deep, vibrating hum that echoed through the forest as if the very earth was protesting the act of binding.
Emily’s fingers tightened around the flickering flames, her heart pounding with an unfamiliar, suffocating weight. The seed had taken root, and now the vine, still entwined with that monstrous eye, was calling to something ancient, something that had slumbered for far too long.
“I can feel it,” Emily whispered, her voice ragged as she extended her hand toward the vine. “The fire’s fading… I don’t know if I can hold it back.”
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