Chapter 34: The Candlelight Promise
Callum’s POV
The house was awake.
Callum felt it the moment Emma and Nate stumbled back from the crypt entrance, dust clinging to their clothes, their faces pale and drawn. Something had happened down there—something they weren’t ready to say aloud yet.
But Callum knew. He had felt it too. The moment the walls trembled, the air in Everdawn had shifted, pressing down like an unseen hand. The past wasn’t content to remain buried anymore.
Emma clutched something against her chest. A book.
No.
Callum’s stomach turned as recognition struck.
She found it.
For years, he had done everything to keep Everdawn’s secrets locked away, to stop this exact moment from happening. And now, standing in the dim light of the mansion’s great hall, he saw the truth se
