Selene’s POV
The high-frequency hum from Aria’s device sliced through the air, vibrating straight into the core of my womb. It felt like a physical blade twisting between my twins. Inside me, the golden hum became chaotic, a frantic, agonizing thrashing as my babies screamed in my mind. Their pain triggered a primal, terrifying response in my own blood. My vision blurred, flashing between the dark, rainy reality of the cliffs and a blinding, celestial white light.
"Stop it!" I choked out, my hands gripping my stomach protectively as I sank to one knee. The rock beneath me was slick with rain and Sebastian’s blood.
"Oh, does that hurt?" Aria mocked, her smile widening into something genuinely monstrous. She took a step closer, the heavy mud squelching beneath her tactical boots. The four
