I'll go check the inscriptions, Valeria said as she started up the worn stone steps leading to the top of the hill.
Follow her, Celine.
Protect her at the slightest danger.
Celine nodded and climbed after her toward the site, which looked nothing like the previous Altars.
The clock was frozen, covered in ancient numbers and spheres indicating the lunar phases.
Moss and vines had overtaken it.
It seemed like part of the tree itself, surrounded by the gnarled knots of the bark.
I watched as Valeria traced her fingers over intertwined letters bordering the artifacts' face.
I glanced at the sky, where clouds were moving faster than normal.
Something was about to change. I could feel it.
The forest whispered warnings.
Every hair on my Lycan form stood on end when I heard Valeria's wo
