Celeste
I woke late.
The sun was already high when I sat up, and for a moment I could not remember why my chest felt lighter than it had in days, and then I did, and I pressed my face into my pillow and let out a noise that was not a scream only because I made it quiet.
Mate.
I had said that.
Out loud. In this room. Last night.
I got out of bed fast, because lying in bed thinking about it was going to make me worse.
Darien’s battalions began arriving in droves before noon.
Next to Adonis, Specter’s was the second largest single host in the realm. All of it was coming through the gates in waves. Wolves and warriors alike, the supernatural forces under Darien’s banner stretching across the fields like a dark tide. The castle was in a flurry of mass meals and cot counts and maps being
