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Chapter 78

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Aria POV

Not brighter.

Not stronger.

Tighter.

Like something huge just turned its head toward me…

and saw me.

The hairs rise on the back of my neck. My wolf presses against my skin, restless, uneasy.

Clara senses it first.

She always does.

“What is it?” she murmurs.

I don’t answer right away. My eyes are locked on Ares gold still glowing under his skin, the sentinel standing behind him like a guardian or a shadow or both. His trial is done. His power is settled. But something in the air…

Something isn’t settling.

A breeze drifts through the clearing, carrying a chill that does not belong to this forest. The trees rustle softly, warily as if warning each other.

Ares turns toward me, brows knitting. “Aria?”

My voice is barely a whisper.

“She felt that.”

Clara stiffens. “The goddess?”

I nod.

The moment I speak it aloud, the air shifts

as if her name itself pulls at reality.

Aria. Clara. Ares.

We changed something by passing these trials.

We strengthened ourselves.

Awakened somethi
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