SELENE We walked back through the forest in silence, the cold night air clung to my skin, sharp and biting, yet I barely noticed it anymore, my mind was too full. Above us, the moon hung heavy and bright, casting silver light through the trees, everything looked exactly the same as it had an hour ago, but nothing felt the same anymore. Something inside me had changed completely, the feeling sat deep in my chest like a second heartbeat. I could feel them, all of them, not their thoughts exactly, but their presence. It was like invisible threads had wrapped themselves around my soul and tied me to theirs. Every step I took, I could sense them beside me even without looking. Calder kept glancing in my direction like he wanted to speak but couldn't figure out how. His jaw stayed tight t

