Chapter 52: Suspicion

Amaris was still confused about what happened to his crow. "If it wasn't Nemiah, then who subtly messed up my crow's form?" He mumbled as he rode on his crow. "Was there really someone or something else in that place without us noticing it?" He then shook his head to clear up his mind and focus where he was going. He felt excited and nervous to read Nemiah's journal. He could already see the giant oak tree from afar but then he decided to visit his mother first. He wondered what she's up to and he was concerned about the eclipse that happened earlier.

While he was still in the air, he noticed hundreds of shadow soldiers lined up outside the palace. He felt a bad feeling about it so he hurriedly landed right in front of the entrance of her mother's castle. He approached one of the guards and asked, "What is this all about?"

"The queen has ordained us to be ready. She wanted to destroy the village and kill all the people living there in order for the chosen one to show up herself." The