~ CAIN ~

“I want Selene here. Right now.”

Magnus Dusk’s voice slices through the night air, jagged and raw. Every syllable lands with deliberate weight, his furious glare fixed on Edric Shade like a dagger drawn mid-battle. The intensity of his rage prickles against my skin.

“I told you not to trust her,” he snarls. “And knowing that bitch—she’s already long gone.”

The gathering is silent, ...