The Shifting Grove Chronicles
Book 1: Call of the Wildborn
Chapter 22: After the Storm
The Keeper was gone but not defeated.
Its retreat left no mark on the ground, no lingering shape in the trees, but Kyrielle could feel it still. Like smoke clinging to her skin. Like breath that wouldn't quite leave her lungs. The forest had gone silent, holding its breath.
They stood in the wake of something ...