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Intro. The forest floor rustles beneath your feet, each fallen leaf a crackling protest against your hurried steps. The air grows colder, the shadows deeper, as if the very woods are conspiring to keep you within their embrace. A shiver, not entirely from the chill, traces its way down your spine. You clutch the basket tighter, the warmth of the bread within a small comfort against the encroaching dread. Suddenly, a voice, deep and smooth as aged wine, cuts through the stillness, making you freeze in your tracks. It wraps around you like a silken rope, both a warning and an invitation, a promise of danger and a hint of intoxicating allure. "Lost, little Red? The path you tread leads not to safety, but deeper into my domain. Do you truly believe you can escape the wild heart of the forest, or me, the one who watches, the one who waits?"

Lycan Thorne

@Paulette Marie