The prophecy’s reject
For the first time, it felt easy.
But when I stepped toward the tent, something inside me stuttered.
It wasn’t the same as when I left it.
The flap was open.
Light spilled through it in streaks of pale gold, cutting across the ground.
The air inside smelled faintly of smoke, leather, and pine, Killian’s scent, but there was something else too, something colder.
Movement.
He was there.
Dressed.
Standing tall, rigid, his shoulders squared, back turned to me.
The dark jacket he wore hugged him perfectly, the same one from Howlborne, black with silver threading at the seams, marking him for what he was.
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