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Chapter 31 - The Witch They Underestimated 2

Author: Author Angel
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-02-17 12:00:01

Rina's POV

"Oh... my... stars," Mishi breathed, his voice trembling with a frantic, newfound energy.

Jaxon’s yellow eyes were fixed on mine, radiating a mixture of primal fury and a sudden, flickering realization that the girl he thought he knew was gone.

He looked at me, expecting - perhaps hoping - to see a flicker of the old Lumira, the one whose grades in high school had been a running joke among the pack. He was waiting for me to falter, to show that this was
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