Chapter 149

Stella's POV

I stood, rooted in place. I was still in the underground city. The fire had died down by now and all that was left was the thick stench of blood and burnt corpse. This place was like one massive graveyard.

It was dark, the streetlights had been burnt, used as sustenance for the fire like everything else in the underground city, but I could see just fine. I walked around, reminiscing about the times I came here. I mostly came with my father and those had been the days I felt like we were close but seeing the look he gave me, or didn't, I began to suspect that maybe it was all just in my head.

I walked through the streets slowly until I arrived at the passage I used to get in. As I walked out of the passage, I arrived in a forest. I squinted my eyes a bit as I adjusted to the light but before I did, my eyes went wide and I retreated back into the passageway.

I stood still, making sure not to move. I wasn't even breathing. I focused my senses on trying to see if anyone was a