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UNWANTED POWER

Author: Sina Kadiri
last update Last Updated: 2026-01-28 22:11:41

Elara POV

Power does not announce itself. It slips in quietly, the way fear does, uninvited, unnoticed, until it is already inside you.

I did not wake that morning expecting anything to change.

The night had been restless but mercifully empty. No silver fire. No ancient voices. Just a dull awareness beneath my skin, like something listening while pretending to sleep.

The mark on my wrist was cool again. Calm. Almost innocent.

That should have been my first warning.

I dressed simply and left my chambers before the court fully stirred. I needed space. Air. Somewhere, the whispers could not follow so closely. Somewhere, I could remember what it felt like to exist without being watched.

The inner garden was empty at that hour.

Pale morning light filtered through high stone arches, touching frost-tipped leaves and silver fountains. Water murmured, steady and soothing. This place had always been neutral ground, warded by the Moon itself, designed to calm alphas and steady omegas when emoti
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