Chapter 142

**Evangeline's POV**

Someone was coming.

I could feel them through the walls. Through the stone. Through the very air itself.

My hands gripped the arms of my throne. The black crown burned against my forehead. Hot like metal left in fire. It whispered things I didn't want to hear.

*He sees everything. He knows when you think of another. He's coming.*

I pressed my fingers to my temples. The shadows in the corners seemed to move. Watching. ...