Jacob~
The clock on the wall ticked with a kind of mocking calm, echoing through the silence of my house. I stood in the center of the living room, arms crossed, heart heavy. Light streamed through the windows in golden bars, warm and gentle. But all I could feel was the storm brewing inside me.
I'd sent Easter off to school just an hour ago. She smiled—too brightly—and kissed Rose's forehead like she wasn't breaking inside. But I knew better.
I'd seen the nightmares.
I felt them.
And I couldn't sit still any longer.
I closed my eyes and sent a call out—not with words, but with will. A silent pulse of energy rippling through the invisible threads that bound me to my close siblings. The kind of call that needed no explanation. A meeting. Now.
Eagle was the first to arrive.
