In the darkness, Aiden was running between the trees, or at least trying to run, while holding his arms that were dripping with blood, fighting to catch his breath, and trying to push his thoughts away from the pain in his feet as he was running barefoot.
He didn't even remember how he ended up here. He fell into a deep sleep as soon as he reached Balder's room in the academy, where the last thing he remembered was Lydia's hand in his hair. Other than that, he didn't feel anything at all.
But the next moment Aiden opened his eyes, he found black blurry things swirling around him, followed by many murmurs and unclear sounds, but he felt pure terror as these murmurs were closer to evil voices as if they were threatening him, and then these black blurry things began to attack him. Taking so
