Chapter 50: Shadows in the Moonlight
Aria’s POV
Tonight the woodland felt strange. The moon's silvery light gave the world a dreamlike radiance, but it didn't make my chest feel any lighter. Even though Darius had protected me from Veyron's assault, the psychological and bodily wounds from that confrontation would not go away.
Between the intensity of our battle and the unsettling sense that something more significant was approaching, I was restless. I walked into the woods by myself after leaving the protection of the packhouse. The limbs of the tall trees clawed at the sky as they swung, like muttering secrets.
The attraction became more powerful the further I went. It seemed as if an invisible force was leading me to a location that I didn't know but that seemed oddly familiar. My h
