— Frey Starlight's Pov —
Leaning against the wall of a dim alleyway, Ghost and I stood out to every passerby.
This place was as rundown as you'd expect from one of Belgrad's poorest districts.
And yet, this was where the Shadow Court had chosen to abandon Ghost's mother.
The Court was always searching for the most efficient ways to create assassins, arranging calculated breeding to pass down nothing but genetics.
As a result, all of Ghost's siblings shared the same father—Mist Umbra—but were born of different mothers.
And once the mothers had fulfilled their sole purpose ..giving birth ..
The Court discarded them, stripping the children of any trace of affection or warmth.
This was how they raised cold-blooded killers, molded solely for death.
But for Ghost, it was far worse.
He didn't just lose his friends at the Court—
He lost his siblings, one after another.
The last one was Atlas Umbra, who died right before his eyes.
And yet, Ghost didn't seem affected.
