Chapter 140

Caleb POV

My mind wouldn’t settle.

No matter how fast I walked, no matter how hard I tried to breathe, the witch’s words kept circling back—sharp, unfinished, dangerous.

Not cursed… but something is there.

That was worse than certainty.

If Kaia were cursed, at least I could fight it. Name it. Hunt it down like an enemy. But this—this shadow the witch couldn’t place her hand on—it felt like standing on the edge of a cliff in the dark.

I turned abruptly and ...