Chapter 53
While the other teams navigated the distractions of livestock and drunken humans, Team Five—Jason, Chad, Jax, and King Stephen—landed in a landscape that felt fundamentally different. As soon as they landed, they all sensed danger. The air was heavy and charged with a static tension that made the hair on their arms stand up.
"Stay low," Stephen commanded, his voice a low vibration that seemed to settle the restless energy from Svetlana’s magical transport.
The house was a perfect replica of the memory; however, there was one major difference from the details that Rylee provided. The siding was indeed white, but the shutters didn't carry the soft, welcoming hue of the sky. They were cold, industrial, and unmistakably metallic.
“Uncle, I thought you said the shutters were blue
