SHATTERED CROWN

CHAPTER 009: Eerie woods.

Camrye’s POV

She refused to answer more questions as she pushed me out of the house after I had confirmed that she was a blind person, and was capable of running such a long journey, what a strange woman I had met, i didn't think much about it as my mind raced, the potential threat on my life for a reason I didn't even know about was eminent. Whoever these cysts were, I could tell they were powerful but I had never heard of them in the kingdom.

Glancing back continuously, my heart pounded heavily against my chest, and sweat gathered on my forehead. I was already getting tired and for some reason, I knew they were behind me. I needed to put more distance between us.

The sounds of horses drifted into my ear and I paused in my tracks glancing around to find the source of the sound, when I finally located the shed down the street, I ran over and pushed the door open, the horses neighed as they had been startled and I tried to calm them down but they aren't responding, going over to the horse that had actually listened and dragged him out of the shed in a hurry.

I prayed for forgiveness as I was about to commit a heinous act of stealing and jumped on the horse and spurred the horse forward, running faster than I had been on my feet, the cool wind slapped my face and I squinted just so I could see where I was going.

My heart was stuck in my throat as the images of those dark figures were enough to scare a man to flee. After what felt like the time to tale an ineme to burn, I exited the town of Drenmark and into the forest, the path was straight but I didn't slow down or stop until I felt as though I had created a safe distance between us.

Pulling the horse by the neck, we slowly came to a gallop and then stopped. I controlled the horse while I glanced back at the path I had just come from. When there was no one behind me, I finally relaxed, jumping down from the horse and holding it close.

What was stopping them from coming after me, I got off the path and moved on to the part of the forest which was slightly thicker. If they did come after me, I would need to jump back on and ride away, but there's no way they would find me here, I hoped.

The horse neighed once in a while but followed behind me and then tied him to one of the tree trunks, grabbing my cloak and splayed it on the ground close to him, i had the urge to set fire as it was a bit chilly but it would only draw attention towards my location.

After laying down on the cloak and the cold seeped through, I let out a sigh, there had been no peace since I had saved myself from those mines, I had been running nonstop and now I had some strange creatures coming after me, in my belongings, I fished out the marble once again and stared at it in confusu=ion and making sure that it was safe before placing it back on my body.

At the same time, I felt an object and remembered what Lorwein had handed to me, pulling it out and gazing at the letter, her warning rang in my ears and I suddenly didn't have the need to be lying down in the middle of the forest alone and defenseless, jumping back onto my feet, I placed the letter back as I wouldn't be able to see it, proceeding to untie the horse while glancing all around me.

This was a mistake, I shook my head in despair, regretting my decision to pause in the forest and to take a breather as I felt a familiar dark and ominous presence. They were coming, I felt the hairs on my skin stand on edge as I jumped on the horse and spurred it forward, but unlike the first time, he refused to move.

“Come on, move, move,” panic had set in stone in my heart as the horse neighed, the fear exuding from him as though he could also feel the ominous presence that surrounded us and threw me off its back before sprinting away leaving me on the forest floor.

I groaned but didn't linger on the floor, picking myself up on my feet and running faster but there was only a distance I could cover as I felt the presence surround me, fear gripped my heart as I saw the dark figures in line with the for=est shadows, mu breathing came out in gasp and a small fog formed in front of my lips, it had become quite chilly and cold.

The figures were getting closer and closer and I had no clue what to do.

I didn't think, but moved as I grabbed a stick from the forest bed and swung it rather too dangerously. But though with the amount of strength I applied, I knew it was not going to do anything with fingers that had such power.

“Who are you and what do you want with me?” I roared out loud, even though I hadn't set my eyes on them. They moved with great speed that I could barely keep up in the dark, shifting on my feet, my eyes started in an attempt but failed miserably.

One thing I was certain of though was that they were getting closer and closer, my skin tingles and the hairs at the back of my neck stood at the dangers lurking.

“Why wouldn't you leave me alone, I have no money nor what you seek,” screaming at the top of my lungs just so they could hear me.

Did they understand the language of man? a question that if answered wrongly would greatly hinder me from conversing with them.

The first cyst caught my eyes, up close, I could barely make out a face or other features as I stared at it, gripping the stick in front of me and taking slow and careful steps backward without taking my eyes off it, not even for a second.

It neared me and something within me stirred, building up slowly, the cyst glided over the grounds and was up close in my face. I felt like staring death straight in his eyes.

The feeling within me surged forth as though deadly to burst, but before it did, a terrifying shriek escaped the cyst before me but I saw no lips or face even, just darkness.

All around me, multiple shrieks joined and echoed in the dark and gloomy forest and I was thrown into a deep confused state.

The shrieking continued and a lot of the cysts came out of hiding and went berserk when a man stepped out from behind the tree lines with an object in his outstretched hands, his lips moved but no words could be heard as he advanced forward.

The shrieks grew louder and louder, so much so I pressed my hands against my ears to cover them and in the next instant, I watched in surprise as they disappeared into thin air one after the other and within seconds, they were all gone, the forest returned back to its silent state.