Chapter 5POV SeraphinaThe doors swung open, and the smell hit me first. Something burnt. Something sour underneath it, like spoiled milk left too long in the sun. The room beyond was dark, curtains drawn tight against the morning light, and shadows clung to every corner like they had grown there on purpose.A boy stood in the middle of the wreckage, chest heaving, small fists clenched at his sides.He could not have been more than nine, but there was nothing soft about him. His hair stuck up in messy dark tufts, and his eyes, when they landed on me, were not brown like I expected. They were silver. Pale, glowing silver, the kind of eyes only a wolf carried when the beast sat too close to the surface.Broken plates littered the floor around him. A wooden chair lay on its side, one leg cracked clean off. And on the small table by his bed sat a tray of untouched soup, steam still curling faintly from the bowl."Who are you?" Theo demanded, his voice sharp for a child so small."My name
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