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Chapter 33. Nest
Rynn didn't move from her position.She stood between the roots of a large tree, one hand still on her bow handle, her head tilted up toward the sky through the gaps in the canopy.The sound of wingbeats that had filled the air earlier began to fade, moving farther east, until all that remained was the night wind moving between the leaves.The soldiers around her waited the same way, no one speaking, no one moving without orders."Kyra." Rynn didn't turn, her eyes still on the sky. "Did it work?"A woman appeared from behind a tree trunk to the left, her hair black and thick, cut short and even below the ears, precise as a line drawn with a ruler. Kyra nodded once, brief and certain.Shiva watched the exchange from where she stood. "What worked?" she asked. "What were you waiting for just now?"Rynn turned toward her now. "We were hunting." She spoke in the same tone she used when giving orders, flat and direct. "Not to catch them. To track them.""Track them? To where?""Banshees don
Chapter 32. Banshee Hunt
The talons were halfway to her when the rope around Shiva's body snapped.Not loosened, not untied, but cleanly cut by something that moved fast from the side. Shiva's body lurched forward from the trunk and she caught the branch below with both hands.The swing carried her legs through empty air just as the talons raked across the spot where she had been standing and came away with nothing but splinters of bark.Rynn was on the branch beside her, the short knife in her hand still angled downward from the cutting motion. "You were in the wrong place at the wrong time, elf.""I know that." Shiva pulled herself up onto the branch and stood immediately. "Now give me something to fight with."Rynn looked at her for one second, then threw a spare knife from her belt. Shiva caught it without looking, her eyes already back on the creature that had dove toward her.The Banshee flipped itself in the air with a single hard beat of its wing
Chapter 31. Night Harbinger
Her clothing was a mix of earth tones and deep green, cut in an irregular pattern with woven grass and dried leaves sewn into its surface so that it blended easily inside the forest.Across her face were thick black markings, not wounds, but deliberate strokes forming a pattern that broke the shape of her features so they were hard to read from a distance. Her eyes were dark brown and unblinking.Shiva looked right and left. On the branches of the trees around them, at least four other figures stood in the same posture, each with a bow raised."What is an elf doing in my forest." The woman wasn't asking out of curiosity, more like someone who already knew the answer and wanted to confirm it for herself. "Aren't you playing a little too far from home?""That's none of your business." Shiva didn't move her head, only her eyes, shifting toward the open area below. "Release my friend."The woman looked down, scanning the open area briefly, th
Chapter 30. What's Wrong with this Forest
The fog swallowed her the moment she stepped outside the front door.Shiva leapt from the porch to the nearest tree trunk, her palms catching the damp wood, her feet finding gaps between the large protruding roots, and she descended to the ground the way she had done thousands of times in different forests.Below, the fog reached her waist, and inside it there was no Ash. Shiva stood still and closed her eyes.Her ears searched for sound within the silence of Velkarr. There was no wind, the night creatures were silent, no bird calls, no insect rustling.This forest was quiet in a way that was not natural for this hour, as if everything had chosen to go still and wait.Then she heard it. Heavy and steady footsteps, the sound of shoes pressing down on dry twigs, the brush of trouser fabric passing through wet grass. To the north, about thirty meters away, getting farther.Shiva ran.She found Ash among the larger trees, still walking with the same rhythm, still snoring with a sound that
Chapter 29. Velmara's Fog
Velkarr went to sleep earlier than any village Shiva had ever visited. There were no sounds of conversation from the tree houses around her, no footsteps on the hanging bridges, no children being called inside for the umpteenth time. The moment night fell completely, the village closed itself off, and the only sign of life that remained was the yellow glow of the light creatures that kept shining from behind the transparent nets in front of every door. Shiva lay on the left side of the Arakvein net bed, her eyes open toward the ceiling of the room. Beside her on the right, Ash slept in a way that showed no consideration for the silence of Velkarr. His snoring was heavy and steady, rising and falling in a rhythm that didn't care that there was someone else in the same room. "Disgusting," Shiva muttered, turning onto her side. The bed vibrated faintly every time Ash exhaled too hard. Shiva shifte
Chapter 28. Cold Night
The food was dark in color, almost brownish-black, with a texture she couldn't immediately identify. Its aroma rose to her nose, unfamiliar, not unpleasant but also not something she could judge as a pleasant smell.There was something warm in it, spices perhaps, but the kind was not familiar. Shiva picked up the spoon, directed it toward the food, and stopped halfway.She raised her spoon slowly toward her nose, pretending to blow on it to cool it down, but her nose was working harder than it appeared.She tried to sort through the aromas one by one, looking for something she could recognize, something that could tell her brain this was safe.Nothing was familiar."Hey," Shiva whispered in Ash's direction without fully turning her head. "What do you think?"No answer.Shiva turned and found Ash already hunched over his plate, his spoon moving with a rhythm that showed no hesitation whatsoever. Half of his food was alrea
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