Chapter 52: A Battle Against Shadows
Nate’s POV
The world collapsed.
One second, I was standing beside Emma, her voice ringing through the air as she rejected Silas. The next—
Everything exploded.
The floor beneath us shattered. The walls twisted, peeling away like burned paper. The fire surged higher, swallowing the room in a wave of flickering shadows.
And Emma—
She vanished.
My heart slammed against my ribs. “Emma!”
The shadows swallowed her whole, pulling her into the darkness like a hand closing around a fragile bird.
And then—
Silence.
I turned sharply, my pulse roaring.
Silas was gone.
So was Callum.
And I—
I was standing in the ruins of a house that was changing before my eyes.
The House’s Next Move
The air was wrong.
It felt thicker, charged with something alive
