MAGNUS’ POV
"Well, well, Sunflower," I said slowly, staring at her intensely. "Surprise, surprise. Things just got a lot more interesting.”
My voice stayed low and steady. The words hung between us.
Keira’s eyes widened, confusion flashing across her face like a storm cloud rolling in fast. She had expected anger. I could see it in the way her shoulders tensed and her fingers curled at her sides. Instead I stood there smiling, letting the truth settle. I had known from the moment I first caught her scent in that crowded hall weeks ago. That pull, that wild sweetness that cut through every other smell, had dragged me straight to her.
My doubts had flickered when her adopted sister, Lyra fluttered around pretending to be the gentle one, but I had watched how Zeke gripped her sister’s a
