A Lullaby Before the Lash

(Kaelen’s POV)

I opened my eyes to soft humming, a very familiar tune I had grown up with.

I frowned and pushed myself upright, turning toward the sound. A small smile crept across my lips when I saw Thalia plaiting her hair into braids as she hummed.

Of course, it had to be her.

She was the only one besides me who knew that song, a lullaby our mother created to wake us each morning.

I wasn’t the