Chapter 6
The Dreach-Dhoun forest was quiet. It felt different. The tree leaves still glistened with evening dew above their heads and the grass was still supple under the horse’s hooves, but something felt wrong. Changed from the forest they had just passed through in their own lands. Rissa glanced around as a chill grazed her neck and a slight shiver ran over her.
For the past week they’d ridden hard, but even through her exhaustion and sore behind from riding all day, Rissa was still aware of the change in their surroundings. Dreach-Sciene’s world had reawakened.
Then they crossed over into Dreach-Dhoun. She hadn’t noticed the difference at first, but the farther they ventured, the more obvious it became. No one spoke of it. Not Davi or Ramsey, Edric or Rion. She hadn’t even heard a
