God's Tree - Chapter 168: The Dust Beneath the Floorboards & The Blood Beyond Realms

... ifted. But no one came out to greet him—not a single old face, not even the familiar shopkeepers he had known as a child.

Seminah wasn't afraid of him.

They were afraid of what followed him.

Still, Argolaith didn't hesitate. He led them through the narrow stone path behind the market square, past the ancient cedar tree that leaned just slightly toward the sun, and onward toward the far edge of town.

To where the woods began again.

To where his cabin still ...