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Red Rising: Her Venomous Presence

Episode 8: Ravyn’s new directive for Lucien may get him closer to Theodora than ever.

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Red Rising: The Direwolf of Murkfell

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Lucien

With the enchanted boar’s heart in tow, I make my way back to Ravyn’s cottage in the Murkfell. Leaving the protection of the Windborne Wood and reentering the Murkfell Wood hits me like a brick wall. My body might be trapped within this beast, but in Granny’s wood, at least my mind feels free. I could do what I wanted there without fear of Ravyn’s eye always watching, her wrath lying in wait like a poisonous snake.

The darkness instantly closes in around me, and I feel suffocated like never before.

I slow my pace, hesitating. If I return the heart now, I won’t be able to come and go into the Windborne Wood. It would be harder to see Granny and Theodora. And wouldn’t Ravyn be…