: NYX
For the next stage of the trial, I was meant to enter the Stormfang Forest, an ancient forest that had more horror stories than anything I have ever heard.
The moment I got to the entrance, the priestess looked at me with unreadable eyes.
“The second trial begins now.”
I inhaled deeply and nodded.
“I’m ready.”
She raised her staff and I began to walk in slowly. As I did, everything around me started to change. I looked back at Zeus, and he gave me one last look that reassured me before the world around me began to blur and everyone suddenly disappeared.
I was in the forest but not in the forest.
The sensation was different this time.
While the first trial felt like being in a dream, this one felt like stepping through a doorway. The light vanished and cold air rushed over m
