Chapter 129
Eira's POV
The air was filled with smoke, and the smell of burning wood was strong. The place where I felt secure was now filled with flames. The trees that used to be tall and full of life now broke and fell apart because of the heat. The fire grew, touching the sky and reaching upwards as if it wanted to swallow everything.
It wasn't the fire that made me feel so excited. It was the Masked One who was facing me. He seemed to be constantly lurking in the background of everything I cared about.
His eyes shone through the mask, but it was something else that frightened me. It was the force and the dark energy that had been growing for a long time, just waiting to be released. My heart started to race as he moved closer to my mother. I didn't realize it, but my feet moved me
