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Chapter 23: The Pact of Monsters

POV: Serena.

The first thing I noticed as we were dragged through the towering gates of the Vasile fortress was how the cold tasted like memory—sharp, metallic, and filled with ghosts. It clung to my tongue like old blood, familiar and bitter. Adrian was bleeding beside me, his face pale, his ey...