The forest stretched endlessly before them, its towering trees rising so high that their crowns seemed to disappear into the heavens. Thick roots twisted across the ground like sleeping serpents, forcing the group to constantly watch their footing as they followed the only thing resembling a path.
It wasn't a real road by any means. It was merely a trail formed by countless footsteps over time, patches of flattened earth winding through the wilderness and disappearing deeper into the unknown.
Every now and then strange cries echoed from somewhere far away, sounds unlike anything any of them had ever heard on Earth, reminding them that they were no longer in the familiar world they had spent their entire lives in.
Leonid walked at the front with Liam secured firmly on his back. Despite carrying another grown man, his pace never slowed. His vampire physique handled the weight effortlessly, almost as if Liam wasn't there at all.
