The Severing : A short story set in the eerie Mountains of Pampanga.
It was well past noon when Ricky and Johann reached the camping spot after a five-hour trek upwards a relatively untouched mountain trail. Just as they laid their bags onto the wet, grassy scalp, their local guide heaved a deep sigh and snapped his back like a glow-stick.
“Remember what I told you, this is sacred ground.” He said ever so sternly as he surveyed the treetops that canopied the ground in scattered patches of gloomy sunlight…
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