Chapter 62: The Storm Breaks
The sky, once a deep, inky black, was now tinged with the first hints of dawn. But even as the sun began to creep over the horizon, the forest remained cloaked in a shadow that refused to lift. Luna’s heart pounded, her breath coming in sharp bursts, but she did not look away from the trees ahead. The creature’s words haunted her still. The shadows are already inside you.
She had hoped, foolishly, that the warning was just the ramblings of something ancient and bitter. But the more she thought about it, the more the weight of its words seemed to press on her chest. Something had changed. She felt it in the air, in the way the forest no longer felt like a sanctuary but a battleground. It was as if the earth itself was holding its breath, waiting for the storm
