Chapter 46: The Disappearance of Robert Clarke
Emma’s POV
I ran.
I didn’t know where I was going—I just needed away. Away from Silas. Away from the corridor that still hummed with his presence. Away from Callum’s unreadable expression. And away from Nate, whose lips still burned against mine even though I had been the one to kiss him.
My heart pounded as I tore through Everdawn’s endless halls, my breath ragged, my thoughts spinning. The house had gone quiet again, but it was the wrong kind of quiet. The kind that came after something had shifted.
Something irreversible.
I turned a corner too fast, skidding against the marble. My hand shot out, steadying myself against the wall, my chest heaving. The candlelight flickered above me, casting long shadows down the hall.
I pressed a han
