Someone had leaked it—not the private video she’d recorded of the spinning bead at 3:33 a.m., but this public snippet from the station’s live feed, captured by a listener and edited to zoom on her face. The bead itself was hidden under her shirt in the clip, but the glow in her eyes matched the storm-light visions she’d had.
Shade’s stomach knotted. She hadn’t told anyone about the bead’s effects except Kemi, and vaguely Tega. Now the internet had decided she was either cursed or a content creator pulling a stunt.
