In the woods
The silence was getting even more and more deafening as we walked further from the Ravens' base. Unlike earlier, Rasvien was highly alert. As though his entire body was buzzing with wariness. We followed him quietly, his broad back steady and graceful while he maneuvered past foliage and over thick roots.
There was not a sound, and clearly Lira and I were forced to do our best not to make any noise of our own. We tried, but we couldn't achieve what the captain was doing.
It felt so wrong, there was no wind, no chirping of birds. Even the leaves were too still, like time had come to a pause in this part of the forest.
Rasvien was supposed to lead us to the town where I would hide from my family for the meantime. By taking this shortcut through Evernight Forest, what was meant to be a few days' travel would be reduced to only one. However, I felt like we were going nowhere.