Chapter Six; Her Heart Glows

Zayven, who was heading back to his cabin before now decides to go deeper into the forest, now with no direction but following his instinct and the glowing feather. He recalls the last word of the strange saying; 

''Find her before the hunter finds you.''

The forest is darker than before not because it was night, but it just feels wrong. He start seeing a golden light, like as if she was calling out to him. 

At dawn he started his journey, he saw two paths twisting on their own, trees moving from their positions. Not knowing what to do, he brought out the feather to show him the way, the feather light up and it led the way. Every time he turns away from the glow, he gets lost. 

He hears her voice whispering the same tune as before. He follows the sound and his chest mark glows again. He felt her presence all around him, and finds objects left behind;

''He saw a white ribbon tie on a thorn bush.'' ''A burnt footprints that doesn't match his own.'' ''And a tree with a glowing hand print smaller than his own.''

He place his hand on the hand print and he sees a flash of her, crying, and she being held in a place of thorns and shadows. 

The forest opens a circle with a floating orbs of soft golden light. Each orb contains a piece of her memory, he saw the happy times, the sad moment, and all of that. In other to move forward, he must step into one of them, but each one will cause him pain, and overload with emotion. The final orb he step on shows her reaching out to him saying; ''You are getting close. don't stop.'' But he couldn't hear her. 

He continue his journey, he met a figure made out of silver vines and it is in the middle of the road blocking his path with no emotion attached and looks very old. He tells him; ''Her glow is not for you unless you own up to your truth.''

Zayven is forced to admit to one truth thing that scares him the most; that he may hurt her like he hurts everything around him. The figure who was like a guardian led him to a golden path. 

Zayven sees her across a field of white ash. Her light glowing faintly, chained and surrounded by darkness trying to swallow her light. She looked at him whispering something but he can't still hear her, but soften him. He step forward trying to save her but she disappeared and goes deeper into the shadows. 

In the spot where she stood, he finds a glowing heart shape. He tries too claim the shape but it burnt his hands, and he falls to his knees, feeling her presence stronger than ever before. 

''Now you have showed me the way, i will break whatever that holds you captive.'' 

The blood moon is fast approaching, the hunters are closing in. 

Zayven said ''I don't care what coming, Her light is a enough for me.''