I followed his gaze, and there, a little distance into the woods, by the tree trunk, a flicker of movement caught my attention. A shadow—quick and low to the ground—vanished behind a tree.
“Did you see that?” he asked, wiping sweat drops off his brow.
I nodded slowly. “You’re not crazy.” I whispered loudly.
“That’s a first,” he muttered.
Luca’s stance shifted immediately. He was more serious now. “Stay behind me." He said to me.
And then, like a bad storm rolling in, the energy in the air changed.
I felt it too. That strange hum… like a current pressing against my skin. I wasn’t sure if it was fear or power, but something unusual was definitely coming.
Luca raised one hand, a silent signal to the rest of the fighters to pause. They obeyed immediately—most of them sensing what we had
