Aurenya’s POV
Draven’s words didn’t leave the room.
They stayed
Hanging.
Pressing.
Like the air itself had decided to remember them.
It might not have been trapped in one person.
I sat still on the bed, staring at him.
“That doesn’t make sense,” I said quietly.
But even as I said it, my voice didn’t sound convinced.
Rhydan was the first to react. “Explain what you mean.”
Draven didn’t look at him.
His attention stayed on me like I was the only thing in the room that mattered.
“That seal,” he said slowly, “wasn’t ordinary.”
Kaelor frowned. “We already know that.”
“No,” Draven replied. “We know it was powerful. Not what it actually was.”
Silence tightened again.
I swallowed.
My chest still felt strange—like something inside me had been stirred and left unsettled.
“Then wha
