Chapter 83: Left Alone With the Third Dark Lord
The morning turned into noon and then noon into evening. They didn’t stop the entire day for any break and neither did they got to see a single glimpse of the sun throughout the entire day.
Instead, the further they traveled, the more humid and foggy their surroundings became.
It was only when it was near dusk and they needed a place to rest for the night, did they stopped.
She climbed out of the carriage and found the three lords already waiting there for her.
"We should look around and see if there’s any place where we can take shelter. Damian, you stay here with her, Kenric and I’ll ho and look around." Valerius ordered his second brother who seemed to be ready to protest but then remained silent when he noticed his hard gaze.
"Stay here with him, we will return soon." He said while turning his attention to Annalise who nodded her head in understanding.
She watched as Valerius and Kenric rode their horses in different directions as they went to search for a shelter.
The ire silence of their surroundings had been bugging her for a while and as she looked around the area, she noticed just how weird everything seemed. There wasn’t wind blowing, no birds or crickets chirping, and no animals seen wandering around. The only thing present around them were dead trees and the dense fog.
Yep! Dead trees. That was the only word she could think of to describe the trees that seemed completely lifeless even though they had a lot of green leaves and huge trunks. However, none of them seemed healthy to her.