Chapter 15

• Rose's POV
• Without even realizing it, my feet began to move—slow at first, then steadier, as if something unseen had laced its fingers through mine and was gently pulling me forward. I wasn’t walking; I was drawn, like a thread pulled by an invisible needle through the fabric of the crowd.
• Around me, voices cheered and laughed as Tristan finished his song, his name echoing like a chant. But I barely registered any of it. The spell he’d cast over the crowd no longer held me. My world had narrowed down to the figure I’d seen just moments ago—Kavian. Standing still, shadowed, yet somehow luminous in the distance.