C49 Chapter 49

I slipped out of Killian's cabin, the night swallowing me whole as I made my way through the darkened woods. There was a heaviness in the air, a feeling that something was watching me. I brushed it off, focusing on my mission to escape the suffocating tension inside.

But then, I felt it—the unmistakable sensation of being watched. I turned, my heart pounding against my ribs, and there he was