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Chapter 185

Author: Iamfide
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Elara’s POV

I couldn’t move.

The light from my eyes still burned, too bright, too unnatural. I wasn’t even blinking—just wide open, glowing, trembling as this thing inside me clawed to get out.

I didn't even know what it was. My limbs jerked again, and the chanting filled the air like a tidal wave swallowing me whole.

Someone touched my shoulder. I flinched.

“It’s okay,” Jacob murmured, kneeling beside me like a priest comforting the possessed. “Let it happen.”

“No—” My voice cracked as my throat dried up. “I’m not your key.”

Jacob didn’t flinch. He didn’t argue. He just gave me that same maddeningly calm smile. The one I wanted so much to punch out of his face.

“You are, Elara. You always have been. You were born for this.”

Pain lanced through my back like a whip. I cried out, dropping forward on my hands. Every nerve screamed.

It felt like something was trying to rip through my spine. My heart raced, thudding violently against my ribs.

I gasped. “What are you doing to me?!”

Kieran
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