Chapter 5
Chapter 5
Ingrid leads Anya to a hidden cave, where she explains the purpose of the four new pebbles and the path to Kristiania. Anya learns that each stone corresponds to a guardian memory, and that Judge Thorne's pursuit is more personal than she realized. The chapter ends with the sound of guards approaching and a new clue about the first destination: the Mirror Lake.
I followed Ingrid through the forest, the glow of her pebble a steady beacon ahead. The trees closed around us, their branches forming a tunnel that swallowed the moonlight. My own pebble pulsed in rhythm with hers, as if they were speaking to each other in a language older than words.
We walked for what felt like an hour, though time seemed to stretch and contract in that darkness. The ground grew rocky, and the air turned cooler. I could smell damp earth and moss, and somewhere, the faint metallic scent of iron. Ingrid moved with a certainty that came from years of familiarity, never hesitating at a fork in the path or a fallen log.
At last, she stopped before a wall of rock, covered in thick vines. She pushed aside the foliage, revealing a narrow crevice barely wide enough for a person to pass through. “Here,” she said, and slipped inside.
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