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CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN: GROWING POWER

Auteur: I.L SPARKS
last update Date de publication: 2025-10-02 02:34:49

The walk back through the forest felt different this time.

Every step I took seemed to make the plants around me respond.

Flowers that should have been closed for the night opened as I passed.

Vines shifted slightly in my direction, as if drawn to my presence.

My emotional state was affecting the natural world around me, and I could feel it happening in real-time.

I stopped walking and looked down at my hands.

In the moonlight, I could see a faint silvery glow emanating from my skin.

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