Callie’s POV
The house we arrived at wasn’t what I expected.
It wasn’t ostentatious, not excessively large, nor did it look like the kind of place where someone powerful would live… and yet, it had it. I could feel it the moment I crossed the threshold.
It wasn’t visible, not entirely tangible—but it was there, like a subtle pressure settling over my shoulders that never quite faded.
Silence reigned.
Too much silence.
But not the kind of silence of an empty house—this was the kind where everything is under control.
I paused for just a second, long enough to realize that my body was reacting before my mind. Every muscle was tense, alert, as if I were stepping into чужая territory… and dangerous.
“There is power here,” Bellona murmured.
I didn’t answer.
Asher walked ahead of me, mo
