The Points Between: Part Two, Chapter Eight

Intellectus

The creature stirs. Matthew tenses, convinced that it has detected him at last, but fear turns to relief when it sets off into the woods at a brisk pace. Matthew, not having a better plan, follows it. Twigs snap beneath Matthew’s boots, but the sound never makes it past the barrier his spell provides. Eventually they come to a well-traveled path winding between thick trunks and hanging branches. The creature walks on, without apparent fear of discovery, its head bowed as if in...