The Curse Between Two Worlds
Because whatever future lay ahead, something between us had already begun to shift.
A sudden draft swept through the room, snuffing out half the candles in an instant. Shadows leapt across the walls, stretching long and twisted, as if something unseen had stirred awake. Carter and I both froze. The temperature dropped, and the fire in the hearth crackled—then flared, shifting from orange to a deep, unnatural blue. My hand fell instinctively to the charm at my neck, its metal warm—no, hot—against my skin. Carter’s gaze flicked to it, then to the fire, a look of realization flashing through his dim eyes.
“It’s starting, isn’t it?” he whispered, voice low, almost reverent.
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