Morwenna’s POVI woke to the sound of dripping. Slow, deliberate. Like the walls themselves were bleeding. My eyes snapped open, and for a breath I didn’t know where I was—stone pressed against my cheek, damp and cold, the taste of ash in my mouth. My ribs ached as if someone had wrapped iron bands around them, and every inhale scraped fire through my chest.Not dead then. Not yet.The chamber around me tilted with shadows, a crooked geometry that felt wrong, like it had been bent out of shape by something that hated straight lines. The air stank of burnt herbs and wet earth. And through it, softer than smoke, a whisper.Morwenna.I froze. The voice wasn’t outside. It crawled along the inside of my skull, gentle as a caress, but it carried weight like chains. I pushed up on trembling arms, and pain sparked across my spine. My child kicked, sudden and hard, as if he, too, heard it. My breath caught.“Who’s there?” My voice cracked, pathetic, but the echo cracked louder.The shadows sti
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