Chapter 122 Shadows And Truths

• Lena’s POV
• The moment is still fresh, hovering like a sour memory. Standing in the clearing trapped between the past and the present, I watch our former friend—someone I once trusted—just a few steps away. Though his voice has a terrible calm, his eyes reveal another, cold and calculated story.
• Beside me, Daniel and Marcus seem equally nervous, the same questions flashing through their eyes as I feel developing in my chest. How did things get to be this? How far did someone we used to trust fall?