Chapter 152: The Heart of the Guardian
The luminescent trail took them further into the woods, and the heat was more intense, and the trees themselves seemed to throb a little. Anita could hear her pouch vibrate, to buzz with the life of the crystals she carried with her. This energy within them seemed to be getting fidgety, as though it wanted to return to whence it came from.
Jace and Lira came along side them and as always kept their eyes keen to and try to search for any sign of danger. But the forest was completely quiet and seemed to be expecting something, or someone, to happen next.
“I don’t trust this,” Lira said to herself in low voice. “It’s too quiet.”
“I do,” remarked Jace and with fingers gripping the handle of his sword tightly. “But no matter walk out the situation, the members of partner team remain united.”