Under the rim of the evening at long last, Jessica, her friends, and the Woodsmen arrived at their destination. They found a shabby, old ranger outpost surrounded by cedars and covered in leaves. Little more than a series of dilapidated beams and old towers. Closer inspection brought a network of metal barricades. Indescribably, the sensation of an invisible presence motioned toward the greater labyrinth of the forest.

Gideon strolled up to the ruin, Danielle still slumped ...