The Shifting Grove Chronicles
Book 1: Call of the Wildborn
Chapter 29: The Trial Beckons
The night in Thornmere was hushed, wrapped in the kind of stillness only ancient places could hold. A low fire crackled in the stone ring near the temple grove, casting a soft glow against moss-lined trees and whispering leaves. Above, the stars peeked through the canopy in slivers, like silver-threaded stitc ...