Callie’s POV
The voice disappeared as quickly as it had come.
But the cold didn’t.
It lingered there.
Clinging beneath my skin.
My breath caught somewhere between my chest and my throat while I stared at the dark reflection in the window, unable to look away from the exact place where I had seen her only seconds earlier.
She was gone now.
Only rain.
Darkness.
Fogged glass.
But I knew exactly what I had seen.
The last heir.
My entire body remained tense when I felt Asher’s hands gently close around my arms.
“Callie.”
His voice sounded lower this time.
More alert.
“What happened?”
I blinked.
It took me one second too long to truly return to the room.
Jonas was still standing in front of me, still holding my face with an almost unbearable gentleness, but I could clearly see
