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THE AIR SHIFTED.

Author: Sammy Jones
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-17 00:39:23

EMBER’S POV

It was a little bit of a challenge at first, but it looked like the weight of the storm was building in the distance, waiting for me to come and carry it.. And even when I wasn't ready, I felt it. Like it was pulling on something inside me. Bugging at my ribs. Whispering behind my ears like a voice I almost remembered, I might have heard, or seen it, but not in a realistic way.

Madeline was still sleeping on the clinic bench right beside me. The nurses hurried in and out of the operating room as their movements became weird and blurred.

That was because I sensed a change within myself. The flickering lights above me started to pulse in time with the warmth in my chest and the ache I assumed was caused by anxiety.

Dong..

dong..

dong..

My heart beat, or

Something else.

Something a little older than mine.

A second heartbeat… this isn't how my heart beats normally, I could feel it.

I stood up, taking a deep breath while rubbing my hands down my arms to relieve the cold that
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