Chapter 41

Lana's POV.The corridor felt like it was swallowing me whole.I hurried down the hall, maybe a bit too quickly for a castle that wasn’t exactly my home, my bag swinging at my side while my mind raced ahead of my feet. I needed that first dose—the compound I had prepared for him before this whole nightmare spiraled out of control. Before someone started dismantling everything I had worked so hard for, piece by careful piece.The lab was close. I had walked that path so many times over the past few weeks that I could have navigated it blindfolded, counting the turns, the flagstones, and the torch brackets lining the lower passage. My feet knew the way, even as my thoughts scattered across a dozen unsettling possibilities.But when I rounded the last corner and halted in front of the lab door, a chill settled over me.It was locked.I stood there for a moment, genuinely unable to believe my eyes. I reached out to test the handle again, this time more slowly, as if I could somehow convin

Chapter 42

. Lana's POV. The silence that hung in the air after I spoke was unlike the usual quiet you find in empty hallways or deserted rooms. This silence felt heavy. Asher looked at me with the familiar expression he wore when piecing together what I had just shared, sorting through the fragments in his mind until they formed a coherent picture. I had learned to recognize that particular stillness in him. It wasn’t the kind of stillness that suggested doubt; rather, it was the stillness of someone who fully believed what they were hearing and found it deeply unsettling. Jacob stirred against Asher's shoulder, prompting him to adjust slightly to prevent the boy from slipping. His hand instinctively moved to support Jacob's weight. Even amidst all the chaos, that reflex was still there. He handled them with a care that felt instinctual, as if he had always been a protector of children rather than just someone managing them. "Can you describe the person?" he asked softly. "The person you s

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