Chapter 48
The next day, both Gazel and Blaze set out again, pushing forward on their journey toward the Bulwark, toward becoming a Shural.
"Hey, hurry up. Who knows how far we've already strayed from the path."
The voice was slightly deep, heavy, worn with worry.
"Shut up already. You've been saying that for hours now. Aren't you tired of repeating the same curse over and over?"
That reply was smooth, sharp, and annoyingly irritated.
The two voices spilled into the open, their owners quickly revealed as Gazel and his new companion, Blaze. They had been traveling for days now, yet somehow they had never left the massive forest. The trees just kept going. Endless. Suffocating. Wrong.
It was unnerving.
"What do you think?" Gazel finally asked. "Should we just give up?"
They were lost. Completely.
