C24 The Lake & Adolphus

The walk to the lake felt like a lifetime to Seraphina, her senses heightened with each step.

The forest was beautiful, its towering trees swaying gently under the morning sunlight, their branches casting shifting patterns of shadow and light along the dirt path.

Birds chirped in the distance, and the crisp air carried the faint scent of pine.

But none of it brought her peace