Chapter 216: Delving Deep Within, Part 4

There were more bones to be unearthed the more I walked through this ruined barren field.

The disparity was deeply unsettling. How bountiful flowers bloomed so lush, vibrant soothing greenery as far as the eye could see, everywhere all around...

Just not here...

I looked, really did, nothing grew in this one little open space... it's decayed... much like the many bones that littered the withered grass.

And Ria was to blame.

There's always a twist... more than meets the eye, that's what I've always thought of her... but I never once thought this would be the twist that would meet mine...

"So... do you get it now?" Latrissa's embers blew my way. "This will be your first and the only word of caution you'll get... don't try to meet my mother, alright? Forget you saw us, and don't attempt to look for us anymore."