The Midnight Bloom

Previously

…She looked past the shadowy figure, towards the faint, pulsating glow that beckoned her deeper into the woods. The prophecy, her mother's cryptic words, the very fate of Oakhaven rested on her reaching that light. “We have to keep moving,” she urged, grabbing Kael’s arm. “Don’t let it stop us.” With a shared, desperate glance, they broke into a run, plunging deeper into the heart of the Whispering Woods, the chilling presence of the shadowy figure a palpable weight at their heels, the faint, ethereal glow of the Midnight Bloom their only guide. The night of the new moon had truly begun.