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Chapter 207

Author: Iziegbe
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When the Dust Finally Settles

The world returned gradually.

Not with illumination. Not with sound.

But with suffering.

Aria inhaled sharply as her lungs struggled to take in a quivering breath. Her vision was hazy, colors blending together like wet paint. For a brief moment, she was uncertain whether she remained within Selene’s memory-realm or had returned to her own body.

But then she sensed it—cold stone beneath her hands.

The ruins.

Reality.

She blinked forcefully. Rowan’s voice pierced through the haze, filled with urgency.

“Aria—Aria, look at me!”

She raised her head. Rowan was kneeling before her, his hands gently holding her face, his chest rising and falling with rapid breaths. His eyes were luminous—fiery—his wolf perilously close to the surface.

“I’m okay,” Aria murmured, although every bone in her body trembled.

“No, you’re not.” Rowan pressed his forehead against hers. “You were gone for too long. You weren’t moving. I thought—”

He inhaled sharply. “I thought I lost you.”
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