Chapter 35: A Past He Won’t Talk About
Nate’s POV
The night settled over Everdawn like a heavy shroud, the storm outside rattling the ancient glass panes. Wind howled through the cracks in the walls, but inside, an even greater tension hung between them.
Nate leaned against the table, watching Emma’s hands tremble as she turned the fragile letter over in her fingers. The weight of what they had uncovered in the crypt hadn’t left her—not even after they had fled the underground tomb, barely escaping the collapse that sealed the past away once more.
The discovery of Caroline Montgomery’s skeleton had been horrifying enough.
But the child—her child—buried beside her? That was something far worse.
Emma had barely spoken since they returned from the crypt. She had carried the journal like
