Gideons POV
I made sure Sera was completely settled inside the tent before stepping away. After everything she’d endured today, seeing her finally wrapped in warm blankets in the open air—away from the suffocating dust of that cursed house—brought a small beat of peace to my chest. I stationed six of our top guards in a strict perimeter around the campsite, their orders clear: nothing got close to her.
Leaving her side tore at Kane, but I needed to help Levi. He’d been searching the cavern all day and still hasn't found the siphoning rune. The trouble was, we didn't even know what the damn thing looked like.
It was like the Moon Goddess herself had led us to this place. We’d originally traveled to Ironridge just to inspect the quarry slate for pack trade, but instead, we stumbled strai
