Aurora’s hands trembled as she drove her bone-cart to the clinic. But when she arrived, all she found was silence. The room was cold, sterile, and filled with the unmistakable weight of death.
Selene’s body lay still, covered with a beast-hide shroud.
The healer shook his head slowly, voice heavy. “She’s gone. Overdosed on a nightmare herb concoction. Her heart… it stopped.”
Aurora’s breath caught. Something in her gut screamed that this wasn’t a simple suicide. She bolted toward the surveillance room, yanking up the footage herself.
The video confirmed her worst fears: Liam Shaw had slipped into Selene’s room just after Aurora had left. He lingered for ten minutes, then vanished. Another half hour passed before a nurse noticed anything amiss while tending to the herbs.
Her chest tigh
