Married To Darkness - Chapter 384: Into The Cursed Lake

... r the horizon. Dawn was slowly peeling back the dark, but the fog still clung thick and low over the waters like a jealous secret. The lake—still, cold, and massive—glimmered beneath it, almost too silent.

They halted their horses by the edge of the cliff overlooking the lake, the water below vast and glassy. Their breaths were shallow, ragged from the hard ride, but no one spoke for a moment. The weight of the unknown pressed down on all of them.

Salviana slid off Alaric’s horse ...