Anomaly of Fate - Chapter 31: Beneath the Pale Canopy

... he pale moonlight filtering through the canopy above. The air was still—unnaturally so. Not even the rustling of leaves nor the distant cries of nocturnal creatures broke the suffocating silence.

Skoll's ears twitched. Something was wrong.

Then—

A blur of motion.

From the trees above, a figure descended, a steel was flashing in the dim light. Skoll reacted instantly, twisting his body with unnatural grace as the blade sliced through empty air. The ground where he ...