Chapter 15 Hidden In Plain Sight

The air inside the facility was suffocating. Every step Lila and Kai took felt like they were walking deeper into a nightmare from which there was no waking. The walls of the compound were thick with the weight of secrets, the echoes of their steps reverberating in the narrow hallways. With every passing minute, Lila could feel the pull of the artifact growing stronger, its presence pressing against her chest like an invisible hand. But now, it wasn't just the artifact's power that consumed her thoughts. There was something else. Something that had been hidden right under her nose, something that might hold the key to understanding the curse that had been thrust upon her. Her fingers curled tightly around the artifact, her heart racing. She had accepted the truth about her werewolf heritage—the curse that ran through her bloodline. But even as she embraced it, there was a gnawing feeling in her gut that there was more she didn't know. More than she needed to learn before it was too late.