re was scattered, glass crunched beneath his boots, and the scent of blood hung faintly in the air. His heart pounded. "Selara?" he called out, panic rising in his throa

them between Selara's closeness to him and the bond forming with the woman who once promised to hunt her. "Are you okay?" he asked, voice strained. Selara nodded. "For now." But Kieran

dodge it. "Something unexpected," she said softly. "Something I didn't plan for." Kieran exhaled slowly. "Do you love her?" Selara hesitated. "No. Not yet. But I see her... the same way

eeling something again for either of you you're wrong." Kieran looked up at her, something breaking behind his eyes. "I just don't want to lose you to someone who started of

n, Jules stood in the sha