= Sera =
The world lurched beneath my feet.
For a moment, it felt as if the ground had shifted just enough to throw everything out of balance. My hand shot out instinctively, gripping the staircase railing beside me. My fingers tightened around the cold wood until the pressure began to ache, but I barely noticed.
No.
The word echoed through my mind, sharp and disbelieving.
My pulse thundered in my ears, so loud it drowned out every other sound in the hallway. The air felt thinner suddenly, harder to breathe.
She’s… alive?
The thought crashed through me again, refusing to settle.
Alive.
My chest tightened as the realization slowly, horrifyingly sank in.
She was really alive.
The rogue hadn’t been lying.
For a second, my entire body went rigid, locked in place as the memory of th
