Under The Oak Tree Riftan Novels & Stories

Gradually I was eaten up by fantasy into the world of mania to do something I would later regret. Because when darkness beguiled me, its intention would always be in the wrongest ways of living, and that obscurity scarred my bruised heart. It made me in anxiety. Now that I'm tired, this is how I'll end up. Forest Survival, the words engraved on a wide and relatively long tree staring at me in front of me now. It's too old. Obviously, it's put there years ago. I am not sure what it meant but, somehow, it told me to move forward. It gives me faith to live. So I didn’t waste a few more seconds.

"It feels different—the ground, the air. The world itself seems to be holding its breath. Lyra's face wrinkled as she nodded slowly. She is correct. The energy of the Rift permeated every aspect of existence. Its closure might have caused instability in other places. There might be repercussions. A Curious Meeting The group discovered a little settlement they had passed on their route to the Rift as they resumed their journey. But now there was only a spooky silence where there had been life. The structures were undamaged, yet there was no sound of human activity, no light, and no movement. Zara automatically pulled out her sword. "Remain alert. There is a problem. With their boots crunching

The earth looked bleached, drained of life, as if the bones of a thousand years had crumbled to dust and nothing dared grow in their wake. Dorian came to my side, his eyes sweeping the terrain. “This is where we stop,” he said. Not loud. Not a command. Just a knowing. Even the air was different here. Heavy. Expectant. I stepped forward slowly, like every inch cost something I hadn’t agreed to pay. The closer I came to the rift, the more I felt it - tugging on the core of me. Like gravity. My feet sank slightly into the cracked soil. The rift shimmered just ahead, a slash of silver-black light suspended in the space between trees that had long since petrified. And then everything stilled.

"Uh... forget the last part. Anyway, one day, there was this party and I brought her along. She got so drunk that she started running to a certain bridge. I followed her out, but didn't realise what was about to happen. And so— that butterfly though." I looked at where Brayden was staring. "It's really pretty." I pointed out. "Look at her blue wings." "That's a really nice shade of blue." Brayden said with an amused look. "Yeah, and— wait, don't get distracted. And then what?" "Right, right." He muttered. "So— uh, anyway, she got so drunk she slipped and fell off the bridge." I looked at him. He looked a little guilty. Really a little. "I guess if I was watching her close enough, she would'v

"I must know if this menial has anything to do with the invasion. Was that part of their plan? To get my mate outside to where she could be captured. However, who tipped over the wagon cart? Raiven, when I arrived at the place where she was found, I noticed the tree was not on top of the wagon. Did you pull it off?" "No, I did not move the tree," Raiven responded in a curious tone. "I am not sure who did, but the tree was removed prior to my arrival. And, there was no one in the area when I got there. However, when you left, Riot inspected the area and came to the base of a very old and very large oak tree. He seemed to think there was something in the tree, but we could not really see anyth

I rolled my eyes and retorted, "You're a shriveled up, old hag now, so it makes sense that you don't understand what a privilege it is to serve the divine tree. I'll definitely satisfy it. You agree with me, don't you, Mr. Holton?" Isaac nodded vigorously. Using the saplings around us as cover, he ran his greasy hand along my thigh. The woman's face turned a ruddy red when she realized that she couldn't win the argument against me. She lowered her head and continued working. I scoffed. Joy bubbled in my heart when I thought of all the rumors about the divine tree. Our village was located in the east of a massive mountain. A forest stood in the mountain. The trees were so tall that they disap