~SELENE~
As we sped fast through the forest—me, Darius, and Lucian—the forest stretched out in countless shades of green and gold. We were silent. We didn't need to speak. The urgency thrummed in the air like a battle drum, pounding louder with every step.
After the last meeting, Caspian had gone rogue and retreated into the Wastes—wild territory untamed and perilous, home only for the condemned and the desperate.
But, I could sense him.
My mark pulsed brighter the closer we got, aching low in my belly like a magnet pulling me toward fire.
He was aware.
He had sensed the change between me and Darius. The bond that blazed like wildfire. And he was not going to accept it gently.
I saw him at the brink of the cliff.
All alone.
Without a shirt.
Training with an almost wild, ferocious
