Chapter 45 No Turning Back
- Celeste barely had time to catch her breath before a searing pain shot through her chest. She stumbled, gripping her mark as it pulsed—hot, urgent, alive.
- Lucian was at her side in an instant. “Celeste—what’s happening?”
- She couldn’t answer. Her vision blurred, the world around her shifting. One moment, she was standing in the aftermath of the battle; the next, she was somewhere else entirely.