Chapter 136: A Marvellous Night
Evanna could still hear the faceless’ frustrated screeches and talking to one another. It urged her to push up from her hands and knees and stumble forwards. She swayed, her legs unsteady as she tried to regain her balance; her hand went to her eyes, covering them from how much the trees were spinning around her. She calmed her breathing and let her heart settle before removing her hand from her face. With a sigh, she picked up her swords and sheathed them once more, finding the burden of holding them too heavy to grip onto now.
The princess’ brows furrowed as she glanced behind her from where she could still hear the faceless. Her back wasn’t tingling; she knew now from experience that this should be the case. She used her powers and was extremely weak now, was her sixth sense also being recharged? Evanna had never been without it; it was just always there. She felt a little disturbed to continue through the forest without it, but then she reminded herself that Ger, Ronan and Axel brazenly walked through these woods without such a sense.
Be brave.
Evanna gulped and trudged forwards, keeping her hand outstretched, brushing along the trees as she did so. If she had the energy and strength, she would run from there. She reached in her pocket for her watch and gasped at seeing the time; it was nearing midnight. She needed to get as far away from those creatures as possible and find somewhere safe to settle down for the night.
The only problem was that those glowing balls were nowhere to be seen now. Had she missed the path the forest directed her on? But it helped her when she was in trouble with the faceless. Well, her priority was to get to a safe spot and quickly.
Evanna moved on and searched the trees for a spot to climb up onto. After finding a low branch, she reached forwards and started to climb, her eyes on the task before her. The sounds of the faceless were long into the distance now, and she wondered just how long it would be until they made it out of the trees she created.
Either way, she was not going to stop there. Evanna was only climbing to higher ground for safety, especially now with her body weak. She felt bruised all over and in need of a few days’ rest, but she continued climbing and crouched onto another branch, testing its thickness. She was high but not high enough for the branches to be wide like a path. Evanna reached back and stood up, ready to start climbing once more but halted her actions when the sound of someone laughing echoed through the woods.
Startled, Evanna searched the trees, her eyes squinting, trying to look in the dark. But it was pointless; it was almost pitch black, the only light shining through from the moon and stars, which was not much.
"Ha Ha HA!" The voice was closer, and she felt her heart sink at recognising it.