By the time I reached my room, my body was trembling so badly I had to grip the doorframe just to steady myself.
The torches in the hallway flickered, casting restless shadows across the walls, but the light did nothing to ease the darkness swirling inside me.
my body was trembling so badly that my fingers fumbled at the lock twice before it slid into place. I leaned against the door for a moment, my chest rising and falling too fast.
I shut the door and slid the bolt into place, as if a thin piece of metal could keep them out if either decided to follow.
The corridor outside was quiet, but in my head, the echoes of the Blood Moon ritual were still loud, Kael’s voice, low and possessive...Riven’s, rough and unyielding; the crowd’s sharp intakes of breath when they realized the impos
