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Chapter 52 - Elias

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The forest went still in the wake of her flames, as if even the trees knew better than to breathe. Smoke curled from blackened trunks, the ground cracked and molten, and silence pressed heavy, broken only by the dying hiss of fire and our ragged breaths.

But I couldn’t feel the quiet. Not with her standing there.

Scales melted from her trembling body, yet the fire didn’t leave. It veined beneath her skin in faint golden lines that pulsed with every heartbeat. Heat shimmered in the air, brushing my burned palms. She had transformed. A dragon hd stood before me.

And gods help me, I wanted to touch her.

The fire I’d kept chained for years ached like an untended wound. It didn’t want control anymore. It wanted her. My flame reached for hers the way a starving man reaches for bread. I’d wielded power enough to bring men to their knees, but compared to what burned in her veins, I was nothing. And still, the hunger in me blazed hotter.

She stumbled, curls wild, soot streaking her cheek,
Bryant

Well Elias can say he was first for something. I doubt the others will be thrilled when they find out.

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Chantelle
#team why choose
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Bryant
aw, no sympathy for the two left in the cold?
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Renee Werefox
Well well well it seems Elias Fire finally met his match buahahahhaha I’m not even feeling bad for Caelum or Lucien tbh
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