ARIEL'S POV

My heart slammed against my ribcage, the air nearly knocked out of me at the sight of the person I bumped into while escaping Viktor.

Aeron.

His brows were drawn, eyes moving slowly from me to Viktor. I could feel him connecting the dots, but I didn’t wait to find out what he’d do next.

I squeezed past, hurrying for my room. Everything replayed in my head like a nightmare I couldn’t shake off.

I hadn’t meant to go down this road. Not with a man who was engaged. A man whose fiancée was somewhere in this house. A man I’d just found out was cursed. Not just...