CHAPTER 20

They galloped at top speed and Mila halted only when they were on the outskirts of it.

To the outside world, i.e. normal people could only see dense fog. The aura around the place was so solemn and dark that no one dared enter it. But Mila could see through – all thanks to Grace, and so could Arthur and Tony.

“What is this place?” Arthur wondered, stopping beside Mila and gazing inside. Her glowing eyes could see everything. The dark, the vines, the perilous paths.

“I see something move,” Tony remarked and Mila noticed that his eyes were glowing too.

Mila followed Tony’s gaze and saw what he was seeing. Up ahead the path, around ten feet inside, a red flower was blooming and shrinking every few seconds.

“What is doing this?” Arthur wondered.

“Magic,” Mila whispered as she climbed from her horse. Arthur and Tony followed suit.

“You both should wait here,” Mila spoke, and while Tony nodded due to the enchantment, Arthur’s face turned furious.

“I am not letting you go inside alone,” Arth