Chapter 154

• Chapter 154: Girls, Secrets, and the Sound of Fear
• SERENA'S POV
• After dinner, I lead Luna and Cassidy back to my room, our footsteps echoing softly down the hallway like whispers against marble. The mansion feels quieter than usual tonight—eerily so—as if the very walls are holding their breath in anticipation. The tension that has been building in the air hasn't dissipated since my dad made that final, grave call, tripling the security detail and placing me under what feels like an invisible lockdown. The weight of it all hangs heavy around my shoulders, a cloak I cannot seem to shed.