Chapter 15

“You hear that?” I asked.

Only a whisper could be heard above me.

Seraphina didn’t respond right away.

Her head was tilted to the side.

She squinted around. Focusing on the trees.

The forest had gone quiet.

*Too* quiet.

Even the hum of energy that I had grown accustomed to was no longer as strong.

The world itself was holding its breath.

“Yeah.” She said finally. Her voice low.

“We’re not alone.”

I swallowed hard. Oh dear.

“More system beasts?”

“No." She said. Her voice trailed off.

"Something else.”

That sounded worse than it should have.

“Define ‘some

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