~ Seraphina’s POV~
The scent of iron and fear clung to the air, thick and suffocating. I stepped into the clearing, the light of the full moon above painting the world in a ghostly silver glow. Around me, the trees seemed to hold their breath.
I could feel the earth beneath my boots trembling in anticipation. This was the night I would break him—the night Leo would realize just how wrong he had been about me.
The same Leo who once spat words like venom, calling me unworthy, a burden to my own bloodline. The same Leo who knelt before Regis, mocking me, daring to suggest that someone like me didn't deserve to stand by his side. I remembered it all. Every word. Every sneer. Every humiliation he threw at me.
And tonight, he would pay for it.
“Why are you running away from me, Leo?” I ca
