The night air was dense, heavy with humidity and the faint scent of extinguished firewood. Outside, silence reigned. Not the comforting kind, but one that was too perfect.
I opened my eyes abruptly.
My body hadn’t moved, but my mind was alert. Something had woken me up. It wasn’t a sound or a movement. It was Freidis.
Her energy pulsed inside me, restless, like a distant drumbeat. She didn’t speak to me directly, but I could feel her urgency, her instincts sharpening like a dagger.
I turned slowly and found Kael’s silhouette beside me. He was sleeping deeply, his breathing rhythmic, his face relaxed in the dim light of the cabin. For a moment, I felt the impulse to wake him, but I dismissed it.
If Freidis was wrong, there was no need to alarm him.
And if she wasn’t…
I slipped out of
