Confronting Cora

Selah's POV

My fingers dug into the rough, jagged edges of the parchment. The dark, hurried ink bled into the cheap paper, the words burning into my retinas like a brand.

*Traitor among the trusted.*

The silence of my locked room pressed inward, suffocating and heavy. My breath hitched, echoing off the cold stone walls. I stood frozen at the edge of my pristine bed, the paper trembling in my gr