It was a little too quiet for Maddy’s liking. Surely forests should be noisy at night, when the predators come out to feed? She couldn’t hear the scurry of small animals through the undergrowth or the bark of a fox. It felt like every living thing around them was holding its breath. It was warmer beneath the canopy of the trees, out of the autumn wind, and the horses’ hoofs were muffled not only by the cloth around their metal shoes but by the thick carpet of pine needles on the forest floor. As evergreen trees stretched above them and blocked the moon, the darkness was almost complete. Maddy had no idea how the Fianna were gliding through the trees so confidently. The whole place was making her feel suffocated. A deep, woody groan reverberated through the forest, as if an old tree was being torn up slowly by its roots. Everyone froze and the horses threw their heads up and flared their nostrils as they dragged in every scent, searching for a predator. Maddy’s hands began to shake on the reins as she watched Fachtna whirl around and scan the trees with her red eyes.
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