Chapter 11
“My years in the dark forest come back to me sometimes as nightmares. The monsters I killed—the things I had to do—cause me to awaken in a cold sweat, screaming at the top of my lungs. And, yes, it was hilarious the first time Peri was jolted awake at two a.m. by my night terrors. I wish, for her sake, I would not have had to fight those monsters so she wouldn’t now have to deal with my leftover mental scars. But there was one particular monster with whom I never crossed paths, that I never got the chance to battle. And, Great Luna, I wish I would have. Would he or I have come out victorious? I don’t know. But I would have done everything in my power to kill Volcan before he could have escaped the dark forest and made life miserable for all of us.” ~Lucian
Peri’s heart sank. T
