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Chapter 17
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2025-02-18 21:00:26POV: Mira
If anything, they had grown more vivid, clawing their way into my subconscious like roots burrowing into the ground. Each night, I found myself in the same forest, its silver-lit trees reaching skyward like skeletal hands. The air was thick with tension, the sound of wolves howling somewhere in the distance sending shivers down my spine. And always, there was that presence—unseen but impossible to ignore.
When I woke, drenched in sweat, it felt like the forest had followed me back. My body ached, my skin tingling with the remnants of some invisible fire. I couldn’t escape it. Not in sleep, not in my waking hours.
But the worst part wasn’t the dreams.
It was Lucan.
Every time I saw him, the pull grew stronger, the invisible thread that connected us tightening until it felt like a noose. I hated it—hated the way my pulse quickened when he looked at me, the way his voice sent heat curling through my ches
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