Evaline:
For a long moment after Morwen finished speaking, the pavilion felt like it had been frozen in time.
Her words didn't just linger in the air... they pressed down on us, heavy and suffocating.
I realized I had been holding my breath. Slowly, I forced myself to inhale.
But even breathing felt difficult. Because what she had just revealed… it was far worse than anything I had imagined.
Around the firepit, no one spoke.
River sat beside me, completely still. The usual quiet confidence in his posture had been replaced by something far more rigid.
Kieran had leaned back slightly in his chair, one hand braced against his knee as if grounding himself.
Even Jasper, who had remained silent through the entire meeting, looked darker than I had ever seen him before. His gaze had dropped to the ground, and his jaw was set tight.
