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Chapter 10: Awakening in the Dark.

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The moon hovered just above the large white tips, shining everything around them in a soft silver glow.

The cold air squeezed her skin, but Aria felt the heat inside. A warmth that no longer belonged to her

alone. It had shifted. They stopped at the edge of the trees.

Aria closed her eyes. She could feel her baby stirring again. A gentle pulse, not panic, not pain.

It was a sign.

“He’s waking something in you,” Sarah said, not looking at her. Aria didn’t ask who ‘he’ was since she

already knew. Although every part of her refused, the truth was as hard as a stone in her stomach.

Kale.

The name had a bitter taste in her mouth. The memory of his refusal burned behind her eyes. But the

connection is neither broken nor complete. She heard it in the wind as the trees whispered his name.

She felt it in his bones.

“I thought I was free of this,” Aria whispered. Sarah placed a hand on her shoulder.

“Freedom doesn’t always mean silence.” Aria looked at her, eyes wide.

Sarah’s gaze softened. “
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