Chapter 126

• Cesmae's POV
• The hum of the car engine is steady, but the silence inside is anything but calming. I sit next to Raizel, staring out the window as the forest blurs past. My heart pounds in my chest, and a thousand memories crash over me—memories of the New Blood Pack, of the life I left behind, and the moment that forced me to run.
• The last time I was here, I fled for my life, branded a murderer for a crime I didn’t commit. Now, I’m returning under the same shadow, but this time, I’m determined to clear my name and expose the truth.