Chapter 10

• Freya jogged through the forest, her heartbeat syncing with the rhythm of nature around her. Ever since she arrived in Blackwood town, the forest had been calling to her. All her nightmares, and the ones that kept coming, were about the forest. And when she'd asked her grandfather about them and if it was real, he hadn't denied their truth.
• Her grandfather had brought her, and introduced her to these woods, she had felt a strange connection to them, like they had always been waiting for her. The trees, the earth beneath her feet, even the distant rustling of unseen creatures, it all felt familiar, like a forgotten memory.
• She had asked Jeffrey if there was something special about the forest. He had only given her a knowing look and told her she would understand in time.