Chapter 32

Accashia, Luntian and Calleb ran across the fields, the Shadows attacked again — this time during the day even as the sky was painted red from the sunset. It was still hours until the full moon, and Luntian thought that the Shadows couldn’t attack them until it got dark. Until now, the theory she had was proven to be wrong.

“Run. Faster!” Luntian screamed. “Accashia!” The Shaman screamed with devastation in her voice. The carriage was destroyed by the Shadows and the horse they found was killed as well. A blade straight to the heart killed the poor animal in an instant.

The Shadows behind them snarled and hissed, cursing them and saying a lot of vile things. “Kill them — kill them all!” Katalka, the leader of the Shadows, commanded the troop.

The three of them managed to escape when they broke through the edge of the trees. They’ve reached the edge of the Central forest. They were saved, hidden by the boundary that separates the Eatern and Central forest.

At a far distance, Calleb