Chapter 93

• SELENE
• The doors shut behind me and the quiet pressed in. The room felt too large, too polished. Memory slipped in without asking. Wings like this had once been forbidden to me. Punishment dressed as distance. The thought hit low in my chest. A small, tired smile showed anyway as I turned to the maid waiting by the door. She was young. New. I didn’t recognize her at all.
• “May I run you a bath?” Her voice stayed careful, like she expected to be corrected.