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Chapter 47 – The Key and the Lie

Author: O.E Promzy
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-26 12:38:46

Scarlett’s POV

The sea was quiet when dawn came too.

The storm had passed, but its ghosts lingered in the mist, curling around the edges of the pier like fingers that refused to let go.

Damien stirred beside me, the first light cutting across his face. He looked different in the morning, less like a soldier, more like a man who had forgotten how to rest. For a fleeting second, I wanted to believe we were just two people waking up after surviving something ordinary.

But nothing about us had ever been ordinary.

The key burned cold in my hand. I hadn’t stopped holding it all night. It was small brass, worn down by time but the engraving on its side, S.C., glimmered faintly in the light.

“My initials,” I murmured, staring at it again. “But it’s older than I am.”

Damien rubbed a hand across his face, groaning softly. “It’s not a coincidence. Kade wanted you to find it.”

“Then it’s a message,” I said. “Or a trap.”

“Or both.” His tone was clipped, but I saw the worry behind it. “Where did yo
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