SILVER'S POV.
That night, I drifted off with Kaia on my mind again—thoughts of her smile, her laugh, even the creepy-ass stories she told me at the library, and the little arguments we had. Those memories calmed me, made me feel like maybe things weren’t as messed up as they sometimes felt. Like maybe I could actually get some peace.
But the peace didn’t last.
It never did.
The nightmare came back again.
I was standing in the middle of a burning castle. The sky above was red, choked by thick black smoke. It burned my eyes, made it hard to breathe. All around me, flames tore through the buildings like wild beasts, swallowing stone and wood alike. Screams filled the air—sharp, panicked cries that made my skin crawl.
I turned my head and saw people running—mothers carrying children, eld
