Braelyn ran for another minute before breaking through into a large clearing, one she was certain neither she nor Ethan had ever been to before, actually she wasn't sure anyone in the village had ever been there before, most people avoided travelling so far north of the village into the dark trees they preferred to stick to the few roads that lead to the northwest and southwest of town. To the east and north there was nothing but trees until you got to the coast which was said to be rocky and dangerous. If you travelled far enough north you would eventually get to Wild Willows, another village hidden in the trees like Whispering Willows but it was not filled with as many magic users, to her knowledge anyway, and it was said to be less populated as the farther north you went the
