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... ght now dimmed to soft amber. Umbra cupped her face.

"You are the first," she said. "But I am the truth."

The second-born nodded slowly. "Yes."

And then Umbra rose and turned to Jude again.

"I want you."

He froze. Not with fear. But with knowing.

"Not just your body," she said. "That belongs to them. And I will not take what is theirs. But your soul... your shadow... that is what planted me."

"What do you want from me?" he asked.

He ...

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