I stood staring at the entrance to the dark forest. From within, I could feel miasma and mana trickling out towards us.
"Sire, are you sure this is okay?" Charles, my advisor asked, furrowing his brows.
Of course, my men would think that I was insane for even considering going through this place, but it was the quickest route and Mariah had already been missing for three days. I didn’t know what happened to her, or if she was even still alive.
"If you’re scared, you can turn around and go back to the castle now." I huffed. Turning, I met the eyes of my men. "That goes for all of you."
Keeping my gaze fixed ahead, I waited as the group I brought along looked around at each other, clearly debating on what the proper response to what I said was. When no one made a turn to head back, I nod
