Chapter 28 - When the Moon Remembers
POV: Nixie
The world didn't break apart all at once. It cracked piece by piece, like ice beneath my feet.
In an instant, I stood on two legs, taking in the chilly, iron-like aroma of the night.
The next, every sound I heard reverberated with an almost unbearable tension: the sound of leaves rustling, the muffled whisper of distant footsteps, the heavy beat of my own pulse.
There was something wrong with me.
Something ancient.
Something, awakening.
My knees struck the forest floor before I had time to process what was happening. A searing vibration coursed through my limbs, so sharp I had to suppress a scream. A fiery energy blazed beneath my skin like liquid gold flowing through my bloodstream.
“Nixie!"
Rowan’s voice broke through with rough,
