Chapter 119

Smoke bled into the hallway, thick and low, crawling along the stone floor like it had weight.

Screams echoed from somewhere outside—sharp,

panicked, too many at once to understand. Selah ran, bare feet slapping the cold stone, but the world felt too big. The walls stretched high, too high. Her legs were too short and clumsy—struggled to keep up.

She was small.

A silver-haired woman scooped her