Chapter 1: Misty Gorge’s Lure  Jimmy Chilla’s boots crunched on velvet fronds, the misty gorge’s azure glint pulsing through lush canopies. Sapphire torrents roared, their spray mingling with orchid fragrance as downy ferns brushed his legs. Nora, her lithe form framed by auburn tresses, studied a mark-woven slab, her linguist’s mind decoding ancient scripts. Lila,...

Chapter 1: Beneath the Verdant Veil Before dawn’s first light pierced the canopy, the Viridian Sundew Grove exhaled a phosphorescent haze, its jade-tinted vines entwined with ruby creepers, their petals aflame with emerald dew that glistened like liquid starfire. Crystal ferns unfurled like fractal lace alongside opal-infused boulders, their surfaces shimmering with captured moonlight....