The Barter Novel Sierra and Xavier

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---- eee Chapter 363 Zariyan'a POV Darkness.

lL open my eyes yet it felt like they were still closed.

I couldn't see anything.

Not even a silhouette.

There wasn't any heaviness of water pushing me down, I was drenched but I wasn't under water.

Anxiousness hits my chest but then I press my palms on the floor and I felt the soil.

I was on a solid ground.

On Land Is...

is this the land of darkness? look around frantically, my arms extend around me but all T feel is empty air.

It was dark...

pitch dark and not even a single silhouette was visible.

T gulp.

---- ee Adjusting my stance I try to get up and hear for any sound.

But nothing.noveldrama

Its like no life existed here.

Gulping, I clean the sweat on my forehead with the back of my hand and step forward.

My arms extended.

I took a few steps forward when my palms press on a rugged surface.

Tt was t living.

A tree perhaps? I try to feel for its leaves but there weren't any.

I don't remember how long I continued to walk or rather how many times I stumbled.

It could be a forest but unlike in the land of light, there weren't any rivers or insects which could be a proof of life The stillness and silence were deafening.

Tt was like I was in a nightmare where I have been walking aimlessly, waiting to wake up.

But that's the thing, this wasnt a dream.

---- eee = This was real And I choose to be here Hello! I whisper, hoping to hear an echo of my voice.

But there was none.

Meaning I was in an expanse and not a closed space.

Hellooooo! I scream louder this time and it's like the darkness engulfed my voice.

Compressing it to silence.

I walked and walked and walked.

But the Land of Darkness stretched endlessly, a vast void that seemed to taunt me with its expanse.

Days blurred togetheror what I thought were days, though the absence of light made time meaningless.

Hunger and thirst start slowing me down and at times I wondered if they were going to be the reason of my death here.

There was no life here.