First Bite
“They were glowing, Autumn. Silver. And not in the Veilwalker way. In the hollowed-out way.”
She looked down. “I met someone.”
His face contorted in disbelief, a mix of anger and confusion twisting his features. “In the Hollow?”
“A soul merchant. Luma,” Autumn replied, her voice steady but her hands trembling as they gripped the coin with an intensity that betrayed her anxiety.
Tristan's jaw clenched, his expression darkening like a storm cloud. “That’s impossible. Luma’s been dead since—”
“Then her soul survived,” Autumn interjected, rising defiantly to her feet. She lifted the shimmering coin, light glinting off its surface like a beacon in the dim room.
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