SERAPHINA “Who are you?” I smiled, cold and steady. Those glassy, pale eyes—once dull with the pretense of blindness—were now sharp. Focused. Alive. And trained on me like a predator who’d grown bored of the chase. Then he smiled. Slow. Sinister. Tasting of secrets long buried. “Well, well,” he said, stretching his limbs with a satisfied groan. “How long have you known?” I didn’t flinch. Even as Ronan and Asher tore through the circling wolves, their movements sharper now, listening—aware. Ronan’s growls deepened, and with every word I spoke, his attacks grew more brutal. More lethal. I stared directly at the imposter. “Since you cursed.” He raised a brow, amused. “Finn doesn’t curse,” I said, voice even. “Not even when he was cornered by Reed and Cassius the other day. He speaks

