~SELENE~
The first light of the day shimmered through the trees, and turning the moss-covered ground into a shining bed of silver. I stirred, body aching in the most beautiful way, and I felt him... Caspian—still wrapped around me, his hand laid low across my belly, his face buried in the side of my neck.
I didn’t move.
Not because I was afraid of waking him—but because I didn’t want the moment to end.
But the Rite had other plans.
It started as a hum beneath my skin. A vibration. Then a whisper—like wind threading through bone. I gasped, sitting up sharply. Caspian stirred with a growl, instantly alert..
“What is it?”
“I don’t know…” I placed my hand on my chest as heat dropped from inside me—no, not heat. Power. Ancient. Wild. Dangerous. It pulsed like a second heartbeat.
And the
