Chapter 204

Gideon Pov

We mounted again.

The trail narrowed as we continued, forcing us to ride almost single file. Trees crowded both sides of the path, their branches twisting overhead and blocking most of the sunlight.

Then, sometime later, I felt it.

A strange heaviness behind my eyes.

At first, I ignored it.

I blamed the heat, the long ride and the little sleep I had gotten the night before.

The trail st