Marcus’s POV The room was dark except for the moonlight cutting across the floor. I sat on the edge of my bed, elbows on my knees, head in my hands. The same position I’d been in for the past hour. Maybe longer. Time feels slippery these days. Selina was in danger. The thought circled my mind like a predator, never letting me rest. Never letting me forget what I did. It had been weeks since I’d seen her. Weeks since I’d caught her at that cliff edge and stopped her from walking straight off into nothing. Weeks since, she’d looked at me with confusion and fear before running back into the forest. Since then…nothing. She’d vanished. The Tranz triplets had vanished. Even the whispers at the estate had dried up. Everyone was careful about what they said, who they said it to. And Seraph

