Après The Serpent's Wrath.

mps of bushes, barely visible black trails snaking through the undergrowth, the moon shin

t that the moon emits is the only th

to his cave. He intentionally planned to head

ked further in, surprisingly, he saw Theon. Theon was sound asleep in a sitting position,

He stood up and entered further inside the cave. From the narrow side of this cave, he took his other coat. It was made of old

l sleeping and snoring softly. With t

s face for a moment. His face was quite familiar to him;

fa

ave seen him since he's

who he truly was and where

e truly met before?" He asked Theon altho

y've first met each other. He stayed there for quite a while when he decided to sleep as well. But, before that could happen, the moon illumin

grabbed the necklace

t look like. Pendant with a leaf carved in it

ing from his memory. "it's from that man." He whispe

t mistaken with his intuition. Indeed, he was not

ike how Theon is. He held his forehead and massage it. Th

e causing him to wake up. His eyes were fuzzy and were still in a daze.

is this?'

om left to right to

tered when

z to come back, yet night came and darkness evade the woods and

s, the man settled to a sit and

Zynthia's cooking." He mourned as he said

med his eyes a

made him understand that Ambroz did come back and left right after a quick d

ty on him and covered his body with t

d. Lowering his head and grabbed it. Closed eyes, in

at he's been alive and breathing. His heart may be shat

" He hummed and raised

wandering around the woods will not aid him in searching for his people. Theon did it

the cave and welc

mself. "If my memory serves me right, the right way should be.

and rusty weapons. The bow was not the kind th

right." He as

rrow was his first weapon

ver. His ears were out and alarmed, so whenever he could he

, that's why letting his guard down was below the li

e heard the streams of water coming from the river. As soon as the noise became much

is eye like it did the first time. Into the steady rising light, into the watery

near it and wandered his eyes around the water, observing every slight splash movement of

side, the thumb, index and middle fingertips lightly grasp the feathered end of the wooden arrow that is sticking upright in the so

arrow back to his cheek. The old oak bow creaks in protest as the leathery sinew of the bowstring pop and crackles under the enormous stress and pressure req

ndous force required to hold the bow ready. Silently, he mentally evaluates his target...range...distanc

aks from the longbow with lightning speed, launching high into the afternoon sky. The arrow gently f

its flesh and this gave Theon the signal that he

red shouting when

re was a vague shadow behind the three. It caught Theon's eye almost immediately. Before,

at shadow, hoping, it was a

es tight and trembling. The man saw him and stood up whil

t look like one of our

ident that it would not win against him if warfare between t

. Theon slightly shivered when h

re's a man named Ambroz and he is a dangerous

at do you mean he's dangerous? W

eon was not quite convinced with it. If Ambroz was a dangerous man, Theon would be dead and breathless at t

eth, and that noise. It's all hi

ther even mo

Was it a male creature that was exac

but furrowed his

on't understand." Theon inqui

ill kill me. You need to run!" The

But, the moment he started running where this man went, he slowly lost sight of him. Its appearance started to diminish. Theon was madly th

se words of the question. He went in circles to nav

ance, he might have been a huge help but I'm dumb enough to qu

izing it, it looks ridiculous that it disappeared instantly when Theon run

ustrated I get. Ambroz..." He said w

talk to him. I can't let

ugh to look at his footprints. He thanked his body for being slight

he picked up the fish he left on the huge rock. Also, the weapon

d his stomac

Ambroz is at the cave.

and tried to recall any actions from Ambroz that was quite strange and far from normal

ile he was heading back and stuck wand

he trees. He immediately stare

sed and held his neck

red back at the trees. Howeve

brows. "What w

race back to

e forest. So far away fr

veil with its black robe. Her thin bloodless lips, nose are like the rav

cle. It was a sphere forged object that beams with a pinch of smok

long black fingernails and slowly

ere shown. Even without her face fully reveale

burned to ashes, suffered from gruesome death at the hands of those mockery conquerors, how unfortunate.

man and cursed his soul to swiftly foll

d he was already near the cave when this

on his neck?" She leane

k that was covered with the cloth. It moved and went out

e!" Her cracked vo

usty shelf that was full of spide

is it." Sh

and spells. A book of history and the s

look for that necklace's history. W

s page. And she located it

dramatic

dge to the goddess of the forest. To stay and live by its land without weakening

I need to get that kid out of si

a way to peel off Theon's existence, the woman raised

l about?" A man with

love!" She let o

magic crystal, it strolled ove

etting your eyes off?" H

im about this. "He has the

removed his hands off of the circle.

forest will all come to waste," He faced the woman. "We have waited so long and tried so

rightened but her th

id live? For so long has passed.

kedly g

gain, you will be the

so vociferously that made th

u laughing a

tared at this man

, this time it will not go to w

ead while the man stared at her. The

broz gripped his chest and scrunched his nose to the

ning again." He complai

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