Romans & histoires What Lies In The Woods

"I have already tried to tell you what you should do, and here you are wasting your time. I am going to leave. I already know where the next stone is. I solved the riddle. It is in the Dread woods." "Dread woods of Delvitga? Are you for real? No sane man would willingly walk in there." "But I have to, to save Elyn." The way he looked, so serious, and so honest... my heart twisted. He didn't look like he was playing a game. He looked like he seriously cared about Elyn. I had no reason to doubt his sincerity since he was talking about the dread woods like it was a picnic or something. It was no picnic.

Chris told me to stop the car and that we would walk the rest of the journey to the woods. We stepped out of the vehicle, and Liora paused her game and put her cellphone in her pocket. “This is the place?” She asked, looking at the thick forest with unease. Chris opened the trunk and brought out three shovels. He handed one to Liora and me and closed the trunk. “Yes, it is,” he replied, pointing to the woods with his shovel. “But it's going to be a long walk from here.” It had been a while since I felt such a thrill. Having to venture into the woods again brought back fun memories. Chris led the way, and we followed.

“Why are you helping us?” His gaze flicks to me, then away. “You looked like you needed a moment to get away.” He mumbles, clearly a bit embarrassed to have been caught in the act. I can only stare at him. The path Lloyd leads us down is hidden—so well-tucked behind thorny bramble and overgrown brush that, had he not been with us, we would’ve walked right past it. The forest opens into a hushed clearing, the trees parting like a curtain to reveal a breathtaking bluff that overlooks the valley below. The moon spills its pale light across everything, catching on the river like silver thread and lighting up the fog with a soft, ghostly glow.

The forest drank the light. June pushed through veils of thorn and creeper, her booted feet sinking into the soft, rotting loam. The air was thick and cold, carrying the scent of wet earth and something else, something ancient and metallic. The stories called this place the Cursed Wood, a place where hunters did not return. June clutched the haft of her throwing axe, her knuckles white. She was not here for game. She was here for the beast, the shadow that was said to tear livestock and men apart with equal indifference.

Feena and her people were about to pull my strings. ************* In the living room, I spent hours with Papa, Mama, Uncle Luo, and Max, sketching every possible motive for Feena’s appearance. Nothing fit. No one could explain why she’d risk everything to come here. Not even her claims of living in the Clave Woods made sense. Clave Woods was uninhabitable, toxic; no one lives there. No one could survive. The oxygen there was said to be congealed by an unknown harmful substance. The legend of the Clave Woods was old news. Feena saying she lived there was either out of ignorance or confidence that her love spell would make me believe anything.

Orson screamed in pain, but still refused to change his story. "We really are your parents! We already gave you the inheritance! Why would we still want to kill you?" "It was honestly just a joke to help you relax!" I let out a cold scoff and turned the voltage up higher. "Fine. You don't have to talk. I already know the truth, anyway." All that was missing now was proof. Their bedroom definitely held clues. I grabbed a decorative piece off the table and knocked all three of them unconscious. Then I headed out, planning to search their room.

Taking that moment, Derek made his move by opening the window and jumping out. I shoved Claudia off me, pushed past Bailey at the window, and looked down. Luckily, I had prepared in advance. I had a miniature camera hanging around my neck, so I wasn’t afraid of either woman trying to frame me. I leaned out the window to check. Everything outside was silent. Derek had jumped without his clothes. In such a short time, there was no way he could’ve run out of the complex. The only possibility was that he was hiding in the bushes, right where I’d planted the stinging weeds for him.

It was a piece of cake for Lucas to conceal his presence from them. The few lots of gene martial artists walked out of East City and arrived at a very dark forest. The forest emanated a very intense pressure as though one would enter the gates of hell if they were to set foot in the forest. The trees of the forest were not extremely tall, but no sunlight could be seen shining through them. Occasionally, sounds of the crows cawing and the wind blowing were heard out of nowhere. "Boss, the Phantom Woods is scary. Even though there's nothing here, I can't help but develop a weird sense of fear around here," said one of the White Lotus gene martial artists.

(Lauren) After what seemed like hours, it was finally our time to order. "Hello, what will you like, sweet or salty popcorn!" We look at each other... "Well because we're about to watch a horror movie, there's no point on getting something sweet, it's not like we'll be able to fell the sweetness!" We nod our head and decided to get the salty ones. TIME SKIP- 2 AND A HALF HOURS LATER The movie wasn't as scary as I thought but Lauren and Jay almost fainted, these two are so similar. "Laury, you know the part when they were in the forest? It was so nerve taking! I thought they were about to die any minute!" (Jay)