Chapter 63: The House Strikes Back
Nate’s POV
Emma was gone.
I knew it the moment the doors slammed shut behind her. The second she stepped back inside Everdawn, the house swallowed her whole—just like it had always wanted.
I stood at the iron gates, my fists clenched, my breath coming in sharp, uneven bursts.
She had made a choice.
She had walked back into that place alone.
And I had let her.
A hand landed on my shoulder, firm but not unkind. “She’s not lost yet,” Callum murmured.
I turned sharply, shaking him off. “She went back in there, Callum.” My voice was raw. “You saw what that house does. You saw what it turned that town into. And you’re telling me she’s not lost yet?”
Callum’s jaw tightened. “Because she’s Emma.”
That should have been enough to calm me down.
But it wa
