Chapter 58: The House’s Heart
Emma’s POV
The darkness swallowed me whole.
I didn’t remember falling. One moment, the ground had been beneath me, and the next—
I was gone.
The world had twisted, stretched, and dragged me under.
Now, I lay on cold stone, my body aching, my pulse roaring in my ears. Dust settled around me, thick and choking. My fingers trembled as I pushed myself up, my breath coming fast.
I was alone.
No Callum.
No Nate.
No one.
Just me—and the thing Everdawn had been hiding.
The Man Who Started It All
The air was wrong.
Thick. Heavy. Almost… alive.
Shadows twisted along the edges of the cavernous space, curling like fingers against the stone. The ceiling stretched impossibly high, vanishing into darkness, the walls lined with symbols carved so deep they looke
