The moment the Veil trembled, Seraphine felt it in her bones.
A deep, violent shudder that rippled through the fabric of reality itself.
The broken church groaned.
Dust fell from the cracked ceiling.
Seraphine looked up sharply.
“That wasn’t just the Veil,” she said.
Kael was already staring at the sky through the shattered roof.
His expression had gone completely still.
Dangerously still.
“What is it?” she asked.
For a long second, he didn’t answer.
Then his voice dropped low.
“They found us.”
Seraphine’s stomach tightened.
“The Ancients?”
“Yes.”
The word hung in the cold air.
A sudden pressure rolled across the city like an invisible tidal wave.
The wind stopped.
Every sound died.
Even the distant hum of traffic vanished.
It was as if the entire world had suddenly ta
