Chapter 262

AURELIA'S POV “Do you even realize… that this action of yours can put you in danger?” Darius had asked, and at the time his tone sounded like doom. I hadn’t understood how right he was—until Kael stepped forward and spat the truth plain, the kind of truth that made the blood in my ears run cold. “Look, Celine,” he said, voice low and raw, “Seraphina is after you. She wants you gone for good. For some unknown reason she has been harboring hate for you in her heart. Her hate runs so deep that she doesn’t care about the fact that you are her own sister. She just wants your life miserable. Darius was keeping her busy by flirting with her and talking to her and now you have done this, her focus is back on you. That attack that day — it was also planned; that man was sent by Seraphina. We already caught him and he confessed, but Seraphina doesn’t know that we already know the truth.” I felt the room tilt. Every small piece fell into place with a sickening clarity: the too-easy smiles she gif