Chapter 40
Avril’s POV
I stare at the border into the city. All I can see is a ghastly forest, covered in mist and fog. Called the shrouded hollow, it’s deep within the heart of the forest where no sunlight pierces the canopy. The trees are gnarled and their bark-black trunks twist toward the sky, their leaves a dense mesh of shadowy green and violet. The air is thick with mist and the ever-present scent of moss, bloodroot and smoldering incense. It looks like it could have been a beautiful, enchanted area, had it not been twisted with demonic magic.
“It has an illusion spell to hide the city.” Alexander explains quietly, “Though even magic can’t hide how vile this place is.”
I nod in agreement. The aura of this place was dingy and corrupt. “So Willow needs to go in and activate the ru
