Lucian
I woke to the soft gray dawn light slipping through the curtained window. Immediately I felt Amara’s heart racing against me. She lay curled at my side, tears glistening on her lashes. “Amara?” I murmured, brushing damp hair from her face. Her eyes opened wide and frightened. “I had a dream,” she whispered. “Something terrible has been unleashed beneath the castle.”
“It was so real,” she continued. “Soldiers in dark gray armor… chanting in a language I didn’t know… and Cedric… holding a seal, breaking it. A darkness screamed out from beneath this keep. It chased me.”
My chest tightened. Cedric — my once-trusted lieutenant turned traitor. I wrapped a protective arm around Amara. “Breathe, my love. You’re safe. It was just a dream.” She looked into my eyes, the fear still there. “B
