Chapter 12 The Cage of Roots

The roots above pulsed and twisted as if breathing, their bark slick with glowing sap that dripped in slow, hissing trails onto the bones below. Veyne's scream shattered the silence, a primal sound no longer human. Her spine arched violently, limbs convulsing, her fingers splitting into claws with flesh that tore open like paper. What once was a ro