Naira returns after making her discovery far out in the woods, beyond Asher territory. She finally has what she believes to be a huge lead on the disappearance of her lifelong best friend. The question is, will she be able to convince others that it's a lead worth pursuing?
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“There’s… a lot of pain here,” Oren commented quietly as he continued looking over the images.
“Yeah, you caught that too?” Naira replied, frowning as she looked back at certain paintings. “Really have to wonder what this person’s story is…” She then furrowed her brows. “And how they’re connected to Lykou’s disappearance.”
“Whoever they are, they’re not right,” Kezhna chimed in, picking up a half-rotten fragment of some root vegetable with a disgusted look. She looked at it for a moment, then tossed it far away into the woods. “Not one bone in here. I thought maybe you just missed it in the dark, but there’s nothing but half-eaten prey-food.”