The Truth of the Scars

Rowena took a slow, predatory step toward Selene, her eyes gleaming with a mixture of amusement and pure, unadulterated malice. The air on the cliff’s edge was thin, whipped by a mountain breeze that carried the scent of pine and the distant, rhythmic splashing of the lake below.

“No—! Don’t come any closer to me! I’m warning you!” Selene’s voice hit a frantic, glass-shattering register as she s