Moonlit Vows Of Vengeance

I stood slowly, my voice distant. "How did you enter here?"

He held something in his hand—glowing faintly. "I made a deal. One I probably shouldn’t have."

The gods bristled.

Lucas kept his gaze on me. "I had to see you. To warn you. There’s something else coming. Something worse than Caelum. I saw it in the breach. It’s already begun."

My spine stiffened. "What is it?"

"I don’t know. But it knew you. It called your name like a curse and a prayer."

The gods murmured.

Lucas stepped closer.

But I didn’t move.

"I don’t remember you," I said softly. "Not the way I want to. The way I did."

"I know," he whispered. "But I’m not here for that."

A beat of silence.