"It’s not the enemy you see that destroys you. It’s the one lurking just beyond your sight, waiting for the moment you least expect."
The first sign of trouble came with the wind.
Not the kind that carried the scent of rain or rustled through the trees.
This wind carried silence.
And silence, in Verauno, was never a good thing.
A Kingdom on Edge
“Asher.”
He turned at the sound of my voice, sharp gaze locking onto mine from across the war room.
I hesitated.
How did I explain this? The tension humming in the air, the way my skin prickled with an unseen presence, the sensation that something unnatural had settled within our borders.
“I feel it,” he said before I could speak.
I exhaled slowly. “Then it’s real.”
Maren strode in before either of us could say more, his expression grim
