The Black Wolf
As if the land itself recoiled from where we were going.
By nightfall, we made camp beneath a dying sky. The fires burned low and strange, their flames dancing sluggishly.
When Xareth stepped out to speak with the soldiers or perhaps to inspect dinner, I saw my chance. Heart pounding, I searched the carriage, quiet, quick. Every corner, under the seats, behind the compartments. I was looking for the Living Book.
But it wasn’t there. He must have hidden it. Or… maybe he’d left it behind at the castle, locked away in some infernal vault.
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