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Chapter 11 – The Hidden Strength

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Sleep didn’t come easily after the night in the forest.

Lyra lay awake in her cabin, staring at the wooden ceiling while the memory replayed in her mind.

The rush of power.

The burst of wind.

The way her strike had shaken the clearing.

It hadn’t been imagination.

Her fingers drifted to the silver mark on her wrist. In the dim moonlight slipping through the window, the symbol pulsed faintly beneath her skin.

Still there.

Still glowing.

Still refusing to fade.

She said, "Rejected bonds aren't sup
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