Chapter 50 – Prophecy Revealed
The dawn crept pale and uncertain across the forest, filtering through dripping leaves in thin shards of silver. The storm had left the air heavy with mist, each breath cold and damp in Seren’s lungs. She sat apart from the fire, her knees drawn to her chest, her eyes fixed on the bruised horizon.
Sleep had not come. Could not come.
Every time she closed her eyes, she felt him. The phantom press of Lucien’s mouth against hers, the coil of his voice in her bones. She had scrubbed her lips raw against her sleeve, had whispered to herself that it was nothing, only venom, only shadow. But the truth pulsed deeper, woven into her very veins.
She could still taste him.
And worse—Kaelen knew something had happened. His heartbeat echoed through her chest, restles
