Beneath the Silent Sky

Previously

…He knew, with a chilling certainty, that the woods were not just a place. They were a presence. A watchful, ancient entity that had tasted their fear and left its mark. And though they had escaped, though they were back in the comforting glow of civilization, a part of them remained tethered to that place, forever listening for the whisper beneath the silent sky. The mystery of what had happened to Noah, and what truly resided in the heart of those ancient trees, would forever haunt their waking hours and their dreams. They had survived, but survival had come at a cost, a price etched into their souls by the terrifying embrace of the silent sky.