Seren
I took an extra minute while I was changing. Duncan and Gideon were in the living room, waiting for me to join them for breakfast, but I needed the time to collect myself.
If I was being totally honest, Duncan’s vision terrified me. I still sometimes felt like I was an imposter, pulled into this world of powerful people, and not at all the right person to be one of its leaders. The outcome he foresaw only brought all of those feelings forward in full color.
Now, knowing that I needed to be an active part of this battle, that I had to fight right beside the two most important men in my life to keep all of us safe, everything inside me trembled. I pressed my hands to the dresser to steady them.
This wasn’t a fear of blood or pain. I had seen blood, spilled it. And pain was an old
