KORVUS'S POV
The market of the Bazil kingdom was alive with chaos, but inside my mind, there was only silence—a deep, unsettling silence.
Kelilah walked beside me, her brows furrowed in thought, her hands clenched as if battling unseen forces. I knew what plagued her—her endless questions about the alignment of the stars, her growing suspicion that the creatures of the night were real, and the possibility that they were closer than she had ever imagined.
Her suspicion of me had only deepened. I could feel it in the way she kept stealing glances at me when she thought I wasn’t looking, her lips pressing into a firm line.
But nothing could have prepared her for what we were about to witness.
A sudden commotion broke through the market. Voices raised in alarm. People rushed forward, the
