C206 MOMENT THE BLOOD KING NOTICE

Aria woke with the strange sensation that something had already gone wrong.

Not in a loud way, danger normally proclaimed itself. There were no shouts, no breaking doors, no blood on the floor. It was quieter than that. Heavier.

The kind of wrong that went into the bones.

She sat up slowly, one hand pressing on her chest as if to steady her breathing. The room was unchanged—the small bed