ARIA WINTERS
"Say that again," Kael says, his voice rough.
"It's the seal my mom used." My voice comes out shaky and I hate it. "When she wrote to Nyx. It's in the journal. I saw it drawn in the margins like ten different times."
"So your mother's warning us from wherever Nyx is?" He asks, obviously not getting it.
"No." I shake my head so hard it hurts. "My mom's dead, Kael. This isn't her handwriting, it's close, but it's not hers. It's someone copying her style. Badly." I look at the necklace again like it's gonna give me more answers if I just stare hard enough. "This is Nyx. It has to be. She's the only other person who'd even know that seal exists."
It takes a second for that to land, and then Kael actually goes pale, which I've literally never seen him do before, not once, not
