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Oerth Forest
Winter was here now, and it brought with it the first snow of the season. It was cold and it was quiet, eerie quiet. They stood right by the edge of the forest, with the river to their left and the sun on the other side of the forest. Neither one of them hesitated when entering into the forest, neither one of them had in mind the dangers associated with this forest and what drove each one of them was different from what drove the other, but their reasons were very closely intertwined.
Ryder went in for Lyra, he was very determined to get through this forest with his Khione in one piece and therefore he was more likely to do anything to prove that.Iris went in because this was their plan all along; to pass through the forest. The fact that the Khione girl was missing really did not affect her, except for the fact that she was Khione and she was very important and valuable to Ryder and to the kingdom of Astaroth.Xanth’s only mission was to act as a body guRelated chapters
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He was back in the forest, the same place where he had been with Xanth, Lyra and Iris before Indie had taken him away. His expression was grim and he didn’t smile, well, not like he had ever been used to smiling, but this time it was different. He stood in front of the portal after he had passed through it and closed his eyes, taking in a deep breath and releasing it slowly through his slightly parted lips. His eyes opened slowly and he fixed them on Lyra who was standing with the support of Xanth. She looked like she had just woken up from the slumber Indie had put her into earlier. He took careful steps towards her until he stood right in front of her and Xanth, and then he took a hold of her arm, a little more forceful than he had intended to, she looked up at him with a pained expression.“Ryder, what are you doing?”“How do we get out of here?” He asked her suddenly.Xanth looked at him in confusion and so did Lyra, Iris came c
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