Blood Beneath the Cypress Knees
Junie’s gaze locked with Rio’s.
“We end this tonight.”
And with that, the fight escalated—light against darkness, hope against despair—under the suffocating canopy of the haunted swamp.
The swamp air thickened, heavy with the scent of moss and decay, as the Pale Queen’s eyes glowed with icy malevolence. She lifted a hand, summoning a shard of frozen darkness aimed straight at Sophie, tightening the invisible chains binding her.
Junie’s breath hitched—this tether was a curse rooted deep in ancient power, but her own blood stirred in response. The fae power within her was tied to the living world—the earth beneath their feet, the whispering wind, the murmur of water, the pulse of trees.
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