Aurenya’s POV
The room stayed quiet long after Kaelor finished speaking.
Too quiet.
The fire crackled softly in the corner, but even that sounded distant now.
The night you were sealed.
Those words kept replaying in my head like something unfinished.
I sat near the edge of the bed, fingers curled tightly into the blanket beneath me.
My father.
The seal.
The thing inside me.
None of it fit together the way I wanted it to.
Because if my father had done this…
Then it meant he knew.
He knew something was wrong with me long before I ever did.
And he never told me.
Rhydan leaned against the wall near the window, arms crossed tightly over his chest.
He hadn’t spoken much since Kaelor explained what they remembered.
Which wasn’t much.
Only fragments.
Only pieces.
Draven stood n
