Even though she had a blindfold over her eyes, Zina had never seen and felt so much the way she did as she ran for the Oak Tree room.
From the servants that whipped past her, to the sounds of death the echoed in the crumbling Cave Manor—she saw them all and heard it.
She couldn't explain how the seeing itself happened. It was if she could see them in an otherworldly manner despite the fact that the blindfold stole her physical sight.
And her hearing was sharpened to a point that was alien. It was breathtaking, and then just a little scary. It was clear she was reacting to something, and her wolf that was usually docile and silent felt the same.
But it was indeed a struggle to determine whether it was from the staff, or from the Pack Runes that now tightened against her heart like choking necklace would against her neck.
Ignoring the sensations and instead, focusing on the feeling of power that coursed through her veins, Zina made it to the room that housed Oak Tree.
