Seraphina’s POV

I never thought it would end up like this. Sitting here in yet another janky basement, I felt as if my chest was being slowly compressed, making it hard to breathe. The air was thick with tension, and all eyes were on me, or rather, on Eric, who was about to spill the secrets I'd been desperately hiding.

Eric's smug face made my skin crawl. His voice dripped with malice as he recounted my past, each word a knife slicing through ...