CHAPTER 58

Serena POV

The forest breathed around me like a living thing, the leaves whispering secrets in the cold dawn air. I had taken to walking here, beyond the protective walls of Nightshade, each step careful, each breath measured. Leo was sleeping soundly in the nursery, safe, for now. And yet, the shadows gnawed at me—the memory of Nathan’s attack, of fire and blood, of helpless villagers, had settled deep in my mind. Nightmares clung to me like cobwebs, and I needed air, needed ...