POV: Gina
The palace finally became calm near dawn. I was exhausted, the dead had been carried away, and the wounded were treated by the healers.
Though the royal guards still hunted the remaining intruders through some underground tunnels.
Meanwhile, I sat beside Caleb’s fireplace, wrapped in a blanket while trying not to completely lose my mind.
Bey remained unusually awake inside me. She was restless, curious, and hungry.
Honestly, I also felt the same. Caleb stood near the balcony staring into the dark horizon beyond the palace walls. The shadows clung to him naturally, like even the night recognized him.
He had changed after the battle. No. That was not it; it's more like something between us had changed. A dam was opened, and I could feel him now.
A strange, invisible thread i
