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We did not sleep. Even after night fully fell, my mind refused to rest.

The fire in the clearing burned low, casting flickering shadows across the stone walls of the lodge where Marcus had prepared a safe place for me. I lay on the bedroll, staring at the ceiling, listening to the quiet hum of life around me. The night smelled like pine and frost, and the air carried the faint tang of magic I could feel but could not yet control.

I thought about why my brother and cousins had come looking for me. They had been gone so long, and I had thought I was alone in the wilderness, hunted and confused. But now they were here. They had never stopped looking. And that thought both comforted and frightened me.

A soft knock at the door made me tense. “Come in,” I whispered.

Celina stepped inside. She closed the door behind her carefully, her dark hair braided tight and her council insignia gleaming faintly in the firelight. She gave me a small smile, but her eyes were full of relief and somet
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