Chapter 153

Kaelen

For one suspended, impossible second, I don’t understand what I’m seeing.

The lake is still churning, moonlight shattered into a thousand trembling shards, steam curling faintly where cold water meets the heat pouring off my skin. My fire is still out—wild, defensive, furious—because my body hasn’t caught up to reality yet.

Because my heart is still convinced she’s gone.

Then the howl hits