KAELEN POV
I stood outside the sealed chamber long after I left Sylvara. The guards kept their distance, but I could feel their eyes on me. I didn't care.
Nothing was supposed to pass through that chamber. Nothing. The runes carved into the stone were ancient. The markings were layered with protection…. meant to block dreams, nightmares, outside voices, dark magic. The elders had made sure of it.
And yet… she had screamed.
And I had heard her.
That voice in my head…. it hadn't been hers alone. There had been something else tangled in it. Something deeper. Older. Familiar.
Too familiar.
A cold unease settled in my chest. I couldn't shake it. It clung to me like smoke. Something was wrong. Something was coming. I felt it in my bones.
I turned sharply toward one of t
