{Aiden’s POV}I didn’t even have time to process the scream that tore through the cave before I felt her.Lyra.Her power exploded through the chamber like a final breath from the gods—wild, blazing, hers.And then silence.My heart stopped.“Lyra!” I shouted, voice raw and shaking. I turned just in time to catch her body as it crumpled to the ground, her limbs like broken branches in my arms.She wasn’t breathing.No.No, no, no—I dropped to my knees with her, gathering her limp form against my chest. “Baby, hey, no—stay with me,” I begged, pressing my forehead to hers. “Come on, please, open your eyes.”Her skin was cold. Too cold.Her lashes fluttered but didn’t open. Her lips were parted, whispering nothing. She looked like a fallen star.Ash was already at my side, panting, covered in blood and shaking. “What the hell happened?!”“She killed the witch,” I whispered hoarsely. “She.... she used the last of her power to save us. I felt it, Ash. I felt it leave her.”Ash’s hand hove
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