Chapter 86
Lorenzo
The forests surrounding Locke Village had magic in them. They were planted here by their family and were grown with the sole purpose of protecting the inhabitants of the village beyond. But all I could think about as I ran through the bitingly cold night was that this once beautiful sanctuary of nature will soon run red with blood.
Whose blood that was, I decided, would be the important fact of tonight.
Giannis Locke now ran beside me, his face pale but determined as we fought through the tangles in the forest. Toward the Wells.
The Wells were caves housed underneath the giant roots of trees. Xaero had shown it to me once, during a safety drill that the entire village participated in for moments like this. The Wells was supposed to be secret, but if any
