☽ Nyra ☾
The forest didn’t ask questions. It didn’t stare like I was something broken or dangerous. It just existed, and between the trees I could breathe. I left the cabin before sunrise, before Lucan could try to stop me. Although I knew he wouldn’t. Ever since the truth had come out, Lucan had been careful around me. It was like space could fix what his silence had cracked open.
Not siblings.
The words still felt wrong in my chest. They scraped at old memories and made them feel unfamiliar. None of it had been fake. I knew that. But the foundation had shifted, and I didn’t know what to call what we were now. Kaedra’s second truth made it worse.
Your biological parents may still be alive.
Alive, but hidden. Somewhere beyond Blackpine Villa, or maybe deeper inside it. The thought sh
