Chapter 65: The Herb Valley
"Are you for real?" Annalise couldn’t help herself from asking as she started at the waterfall and then at her husband who was asking her to cross the waterfall. Just looking at the speed and amount of the falling water was making her feel dizzy.
Kenric pulled her closer to his side as he wrapped one of his hands around her and spoke in a soft voice, "Trust me, Little Bird. Nothing is going to happen. You won’t even get wet let alone get hurt. The Herb Valley is on the other side of this ward."
"A ward?" Annalise asked in surprise as she once again turned her attention to the waterfall, trying to see if she could feel the presence of any magical energy there, and to her surprise, she did find one - a powerful one. "There’s indeed a ward."
"See! Now, are you ready?" Kenric asked as he looked at her with his eyes glowing with excitement. He was really eager for showing her the Herb Valley.
She finally nodded her head and muttered, "Okay."
The man didn’t give her a warning before he suddenly pulled on her arm and dragged her into the waterfall along with him. A little scream left Annalise’s lips when the cold water hit her body but the sensation was gone just as quickly as it came.
When the world around her came into focus, she found herself standing inside a small cave with an opening in front of her that was covered with long vines hanging down that his the view from her eyes. Kenric was standing next to her with a cheeky smile on his face and as for her, she was completely dry with not even a single drop of water on her.
She let out a small sigh and followed behind her husband who was already making his way through the hanging vines. She too stepped outside of the small tunnel like cave and found herself looking at a spectacular view.
On their way to this place, several images of the Herb Valley appeared in her brain with long fields of herbs and other magical plants growing in them. However, nothing came close to what lay in front of her.
"This..." Her voice was lost and so were her words as she couldn’t decide what to say. Her eyes and brain were too busy taking in everything that they were seeing.
The place was indeed vast and was spread as far as her eyes could see. The sky was a shade of neon and argon with millions of stars filling it to the brim, probably the most beautiful shade of sky she had ever seen in her entire life.