Chapter 79

The reality that this really could be a trap throbbed everywhere, but so did the desire to see this through. Persistence won, and she mumbled forward, squeezing herself between tree trunks to get to the other side—

“Oh.”

There were flowers everywhere, but they were dying. There was a cavern off to her right illuminated by the fog, which was giving off glittering light…and in the center of that cavern was a man in the flesh, his lower body filled with black spots and multiple scars. The top part was coated in glitter, extending up to pointed ears and a head of matted white hair. The glitter shimmered as the figure jolted at the sight of her.

She felt his wariness intensify, so she stopped trudging closer. “I was right. You Are Fae.”

The Fae tilted his head, assessing her. She assessed him back, noting how pain crossed his features every time he tried to move. Everything about him radiated agony locked tight, but also that energy that had been so present in the fog.

“My name is Maya. Yo