Dryad's Prayer

The skeletal hands closed in. However, Kace did not give up. He kept fighting against the current. Determined to do all that he could. Just as the hands were about to grab him, he felt his mind go blank. In the next moment, he gasped for air as his eyes shot open. The blurriness dissipated to show him that he was in the hollowed out room.

Elderbeard watched on with a concerned expression. The smell of cooked meat permeated Kace's senses drawing his attention to its source. Lilly stood on the other side of his bed, holding a plate with delicately cut slices of meat. Her expression looked terrified for a fleeting moment before she suppressed it when she realised that he would live.

"You need to eat," Lilly said with a concerned expression. She picked up a slice of meat and attempted to feed it to Kace.

"Go ahead. If you don't, you might not survive." Elderbeard encouraged with a grave expression when he saw the confused expression on Kace's face.