Çhapter 126: the price of faith

Chapter 126: The Price of Fate

The path ahead seemed endless. Every step they took into the forest felt like a step further away from the world they knew, as if the very air around them was shifting and pulling them into a place that defied all logic. The trees seemed to close in, their dark trunks twisted and gnarled, the canopy above so dense that not a single ray of moonlight made its way through.

Anita's mind raced, the creature’s words replaying in her head like a constant hum. The Threads demand a price. She still couldn’t grasp the full meaning of what it had said. She had chosen the Threads—hadn’t she? She didn’t remember consciously making that decision, but now, it seemed as though fate had chosen her, and with it, came an unavoidable debt.