A Dangerous Claim

NYSSA'S POV

I felt lost, and to say I was shocked was the understatement of the century.

My body was standing there in the middle of the garden, wrapped in Kaelen's presence, but my mind was somewhere else entirely, racing ahead to consequences I did not ask for and futures I had not agreed to. My heart was beating so hard it hurt, like it was trying to punch its way out of my chest and run far aw