Chapter 84

Witch Village

Beta Leon grappled with turmoil as his spy revealed Edmond Apsyrtus and seer Eve hiding. His eyes, mossy and filled with contempt, betrayed his anger. Despite a supposed moment with his lover, Wenally, loyalty tests pulled her away. Focused on vengeance, he aimed to kill Edmond and Eve, his stoic exterior concealing an inner frost and trembling hands. His hatred lingered in the shadowy trees of the witch village.

However, to get inside, the spirits would first need to be hauled across the ancient tree. The enchanted dwellers would receive the spirits from the outside and then guide them to the other side of the witch land. To compensate the creatures for the journey, the spirits must have a silver coin. Those who could not pay or who were not supernatural would then persist, be lost in its wilderness, and be turned away. Though the spirits of the prisoners in the witch land were unaware of the activities of the living, Once inside, they did