Chapter 131 Caught In The Shadows

• DEVON
• Crouching low in the forest’s thick underbrush, I move as quietly as I can, keeping to the shadows. Every step feels like it might be my last inside Moonveil territory. I have to get out before it’s too late.
• A sudden snap of a twig behind me freezes me in place. My pulse hammers in my chest as I scan the darkness, trying to sense who’s there. Nothing. No movement. No sound. After a tense moment, I exhale slowly and dart to the right, hoping this direction leads me closer to the border—the one line that stands between me and freedom.