City of Shadows

Moira’s POV

The forest finally thinned, revealing light that wasn’t filtered through leaves for the first time in days.

The scent of wet bark and pine gave way to something foreign stone, smoke, something… cooked? I sniffed again. Was that bread?

Nope, just the scent of people living their lives.

Levi walked ahead of me, silent but certain, his steps confident on the dirt path that began to twist into a gravel road. His wounds were gone completely.

Not even a ...