Chapter 25 The Trap in the Pines

(Zuri POV)

The forest is burning.

Not in flames—but in silence.

Smoke drifts between the trees, pale and twisting, carrying the sting of gunpowder. The explosion left a crater in the earth, branches shattered, dirt raining down like ash. Somewhere behind me, I can hear Saint coughing, cursing, try...

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