Chapter 52

Peace, Aria realized, was a dangerous thing.

Not because it was fragile—

but because it made you forget.

And she had forgotten.

Not entirely, not in a way that erased what Selene had said or the weight of it… but enough that the sharp edge of it had dulled. Enough that the fear no longer sat in her chest like something alive.

Days had passed. Then weeks.

Nothing happened.

No looming threat. No whispers in the dark. No signs that anything had shifted beneath the surface of their world.

And someh