Mira POV
I couldn’t tell where the voice was coming from. It was a woman’s voice, which meant it couldn’t be the shadow guards.
That should have reassured me, but it didn’t. A shiver crawled down my spine as I stood still, scanning my surroundings.
The torches flickered against the stone walls, casting restless shadows that seemed to move on their own.
I swallowed hard, tilting my head slightly. “Who’s there?” I whispered.
Silence.
I let out a slow breath, trying to convince myself that I had imagined it.
Maybe I was exhausted. Maybe my thoughts were so tangled that I was starting to hear things that weren’t real.
But then—
“Mira.”
The voice came again, clearer this time. A soft, almost melodic sound, as if the speaker was both close and far away at the same time.
My heart p
