Selene's POV.

Carmen leaned in closer. “Who did you give it to?”

I swallowed, the memory of that moment still vivid. “The shadowy figure.”

“What?!” Carmen gasped, her hand freezing mid-scrub in the soapy water. “Why?”

“I… I don’t know,” I said truthfully, rubbing my palms together. “I just felt like… I shouldn’t give it to Killian. You know how he and I are.”

Carmen’s eyes narrowed, her curiosity turning sharp. “And then? What happened when you gave it to the shadowy figure?”

My chest tightened as I remembered. “His voice changed, it got darker and menacing. The world got destroyed. And Killian—he screamed and then he just… turned into...