جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 15

Sera’s POVI walked down the long corridor leading to my wing with enough force in my steps to make the palace servants move out of my way. The anger sitting inside me wasn't the loud kind. It wasn't the kind that made people scream or throw things around.It was worse. The quiet kind. The kind that settled deep inside your chest and refused to leave.Mira struggled to keep up behind me."Luna...""Not now.""But…""Not now, Mira."She immediately fell silent.Good.Because if she said one more word, I wasn't sure what would come out of my mouth.The palace walls blurred past me as I continued walking. My hands remained clenched by my sides, my nails digging into my palms.I couldn't believe him.No.That wasn't entirely true.I could believe him.That was exactly why I was angry.Because somewhere along the line, I had started believing something else. Something stupid. Something dangerous. Something that should never have happened in the first place.By the time I reached my wing, I

Sera’s POVSleep came easier than I expected.After everything that had happened throughout the day.. the meeting hall, the argument with Cael, the discovery of the strange mark on my window, and the memories it had stirred.. I should have been awake for hours.Instead, exhaustion won.I didn't even remember when my eyes closed.One moment I was lying in bed, staring at the ceiling and trying not to think about anything.The next, I was somewhere else entirely.At first, I didn't recognize the place.The sunlight was too warm. The air was too soft. It looked familiar. Painfully familiar. Then I saw the willow tree. And my heart stopped."No..."The word left my lips as a whisper, and that was not because I was afraid. Because I knew exactly where I was.This was our place. Mine and Sela's.The place we used to hide whenever we wanted to escape our responsibilities. The place where we spent countless afternoons talking about impossible dreams. The place where my twin sister had once p