XII

The five of them didn’t bother lighting torches, the sky had cleared to patchy clouds which scuttled quickly past the two partially full moons. The going wasn’t as bad as they had expected. The Pass was still used by fast riders during the day and a few adventurous wagon trains that thought they could make the pass before the sun set. The first half hour was quiet and still with an owl somewhere overhead calling out.

Then they saw it.They all froze still and a. . .

There has always been an ominous feeling about the forest, almost a foreboding of evil which seemed virtually impossible due to its sheer beauty. The forest did not feel dark or gloomy. It was bright and majestic. When the light shone through the leaves at just the right time of the day, the dew would sparkle like beautiful diamonds placed delicately on the leaves. It was not the look that made the forest seem evil, it was a feeling. When someone would enter the forest all of t. . .

There has always been an ominous feeling about the forest, almost a foreboding of evil which seemed virtually impossible due to its sheer beauty. The forest did not feel dark or gloomy. It was bright and majestic. When the light shone through the leaves at just the right time of the day, the dew would sparkle like beautiful diamonds placed delicately on the leaves. It was not the look that made the forest seem evil, it was a feeling. When someone would enter the forest all of t. . .