Chapter 64Elodie POV

The night was too quiet.

Not the peaceful kind of quiet. This one felt heavy, like the world was holding its breath. I stood by the narrow window in my room, watching the moon hang low in the sky. It looked larger tonight, brighter, almost too close.

Lysa was awake inside me.

Alert.

Listening.

They are near, she whispered.

“I know,” I answered softly.

Ever since Randy warned me, I had not known peace. I smiled in public. I trained like nothing had changed. I ...