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CHAPTER 57

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Chapter 57: The Burden of an Invisible War

We ran and we ran until the ruins were far behind us.

Until the air stopped being that heavy.

Until the murmuring faded to whispers in my brain, leaving a void that felt almost as heavy.

But the damage had already been done.

I could feel it.

Not in my body — in my soul.”

Something in me had shifted.

I didn’t say anything.

Not as the others slowed. It was not as Ethan finally turned to meet my gaze, his golden gaze sweeping over my face as if he could see the war going on inside me.

Not as Selene, Dorian, Rhea, and Elias all sat in a loose circle around us, panting, waiting for someone—me—to say something.

But I couldn’t.

Because I did not know what to say.

So Ethan spoke first.

“Jessica,” he breathed, voice low and controlled, but I could hear the tension under it. “What happened in there?”

I let out a sharp breath, running a hand through my hair. “I—”

But the words wouldn’t come out of my mouth.

What was I supposed to say?

That I had touched
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