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Chapter 62 ~ The First Shadow

Author: Clinton Edits
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-09 16:07:38

{Ava’s POV}

The cave was quiet. Too quiet.

The kind of quiet that pressed against my eardrums and made my heartbeat sound like rumbles rolling through my own bones. I sat in the center of the dim chamber, knees drawn to my chest, my breath fogging in the thin stream of moonlight that managed to slip through the jagged crack in between stones.

Hours had passed.

Or maybe minutes.

Time inside the Ash Caves didn’t seem to move normally. It stretched and thinned, twisting into something slippery. Every breath felt like I was inhaling a story older than the ground itself.

And still… the darkness inside me had not settled.

I exhaled shakily, pressing my palm against my chest as if I could cage the eclipse-born energy raging beneath my skin. It pulsed— slow, heavy, like a second heartbeat trying to replace my own. Every time I inhaled deeply, it swelled. Every time I blinked, my vision sharpened painfully.

I wasn’t used to this body.

This.. this strength.

This curse…

I had come here to hide,
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