Kael´s POV
The crows didn’t move.
They didn’t even blink—if those creatures were anything more than just birds.
They perched above us, watching from the rusted heights of the warehouse, like sentinels of a world we no longer belonged to.
I couldn’t stop staring at the door where Selene and Nox had disappeared.
That bastard’s shadow still clung to my chest, like he had breathed himself into my lungs.
There was something about him that made my blood boil.
It wasn’t just distrust.
It was... threat.
A predator dressed in feathers.
“I don’t like this,” I finally said, breaking the thick silence.
“None of this feels right.”
Zack leaned against a column, arms crossed, his expression as unreadable as always.
Sage stood beside him, eyes scanning the surroundings like we were in the mid
