13th century, Ireland.
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When Sheila Marie opened her eyes, she tried to locate her surroundings, she looks up at the sky to see where the sun was, and try to remember where it had been before the lights from the stone fell. She looked up at the wild canopy above, watching the sunlight passed through it and blurred her eyes. Sheila Marie noticed that they were still in the woods.
Somehow she couldn't stop marveling at her surroundings with all its might, a shining midday sun slightly penetrated beyond the black branches and leaves of the monster-shaped trees. These branches interlocked with their neighbors like a cobweb. It may be the same woods but at a different time.
Ruby’s stomach lurched at the sight of their manservant choking on the bile forcing its way out of his mouth. He wa
