Chapter 73 Secrets In The Blood

The sky was still dark when Dominic and Isla reached the hidden sanctuary nestled deep in the northern cliffs. A place only Dominic had known of—passed down through generations of his bloodline, meant to serve as a refuge for creatures like them. Those hunted, cursed, and chosen. Isla leaned heavily on him as they entered the moss-covered stone doorway carved into the cliffside. Her skin was pale, her eyes dim, but her mind still blazed with what she had felt in the forest—that thing inside her, whispering, pushing, watching.