Chapter 13: Shadows in the Silence
(Emma’s Point of View)
The rain hadn’t stopped.
It pounded against the windows like a rhythmic whisper, a constant reminder that I was truly here. Settled within the walls of Everdawn. Bound to it, in ways I still didn’t fully understand.
I stood in my room, staring at my reflection in the old vanity mirror. My dark hair fell loosely over my shoulders, slightly damp from the earlier walk through the halls. There were shadows under my eyes. A quiet exhaustion lingered in my chest, but I wasn’t sure if it was from the storm outside—or the storm raging within me.
Because something wasn’t right.
I felt it.
Ever since he arrived.
Nate Montgomery.
I hadn’t seen him for the rest of the evening. After our earlier conversation, he had disappeared into the
