A Flame in the Shadow
The Watchers.
Seven of them sat in a crescent, high-backed thrones carved with runes I couldn’t read but felt nonetheless—like they were pressing into my skin, whispering what I wasn’t worthy of. They made no introductions. No names. Only silence, and judgment. Caelan stood a few paces ahead, spine straight, jaw locked in that way of his when he was trying not to lose his temper. I could feel the tension rolling off him, controlled, but barely.
“You shouldn’t have come back,” said a female voice—older, sharp as winter ice. Watcher Mairead, Caelan had told me before. One of the original Seven.
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