Shadows Before Dawn

In the nursery, Coletta rocked Liora as Caius slept beside them. The moonlight spilled in, and with it, a chorus of soft chirps and fluttering wings.

Birds.

Dozens of them.

Perched along the balcony. Silent. Watching.

Coletta rose slowly.

She stepped to the window.

They didn’t move. Ravens. Ow...

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