Travis' Pov

I stood frozen, my breath caught in my throat as the weight of DeLuna's words settled over us.

The world around me blurred, as if reality itself had fractured.

"What just happened?" Lucian's voice cut through the silence.

His words were barely more than a whisper, his raw shock evident in every syllable.

I forced myself to swallow the lump in my throat. "I don't know. Did she just say she was the Shadow's leader?"

Lucian tightened his grip on the knife he held, causing ...