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Chapter 3

The Chill
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"Talia," he said one evening as they prepared to settle down for the night,
his voice low and tinged with concern, "do you ever feel... uneasy here? At
night?"

Talia looked up at him, her brow furrowed in thought. "Sometimes," she
admitted, "it feels like we're not alone. Like the graveyard is holding its
breath, watching us."

Daerys nodded, his suspicions confirmed. "I've felt it too. There's something
here with us, something not of the living. I thought it was just my
imagination, but if you're feeling it too..."

He trailed off, uncertain. The rational part of him wanted to dismiss the
feeling as a trick of the mind, the product of spending too much time in a
place surrounded by death. But another part, the part that had always been
attuned to the stories and spirits of the past, couldn't shake the feeling
that they were being drawn into something far beyond their understanding.

"We should be careful," he finally said, his protective instincts for Talia
overriding his curiosity. "Maybe it's time we found a different place to
stay, just for a while. Until I can figure out what's happening here."

Talia nodded, her usual vivacity tempered by the seriousness of the moment.
"Okay, Daerys. I trust you. But," she added, a determined glint in her eyes,
"let's not go too far. This place, it's still a part of us. Whatever's
happening, we'll face it together, like we always do."

On the third night of their unintended sojourn in the graveyard, an ominous
change swept through the air, manifesting in a dream that plunged Daerys into
a darkness so profound it seemed to swallow the very essence of light. He was
ensnared in a nightmare filled with screams that clawed at his mind, echoes
of terror that resonated with an unsettling familiarity. When he finally
broke free from the chains of sleep, it was to a world transformed by an
unnatural cold, a bitter chill that seeped into his bones. The night around
him was shrouded in a blanket of snow, an aberration in a season that had not
yet whispered the arrival of winter.

Frantically, Daerys called out for Talia, his voice a desperate thread in the
silent expanse of the graveyard. But there was no answer, only the hollow
echo of his own fear. Panic surged through him, a torrent that threatened to
drown his senses as he realized his sister was missing. The tranquility of
their chosen haven had been shattered, replaced by a foreboding that clenched
his heart with icy fingers.

He began to search, his movements frantic, carving paths through the snow
that now blanketed the graves, a stark contrast to the lush greenery that had
cradled them in slumber. Time lost meaning as he called her name, each shout
a beacon of hope that she would respond.