Date: Unspecified
Time: Unspecified
Location: Zhongguo (China), Liaodong Province, Shuntian Prefecture, Shenyang City
"What's that?" Reven asked her twin, Coryn, startled by the rustling in the bamboo trees, as if someone was moving around them. That should have been impossible. The entire domain was packed with overgrown bamboo, leaving no space for anyone to move through.
The rustling only grew clearer. Whatever was moving in the bamboo wasn't heading straight to them, but it was slowly circling them. It felt deliberate, like a predator testing the waters, the way a shark circles its prey before the strike.
"How are they doing that? There's barely any gap between these bamboo trees," Coryn said, trying to wiggle through the tight cluster holding them in place, as if testing whether there was some trick or technique for slipping through them and moving around them.
