(Almira’s POV)The battlefield stank of death.Flesh, smoke, burned fur, and bitter magic hung in the air, choking us with every breath. Screams pierced the thick fog, flashes of light erupted from witchfire bolts—red and violet streaks cutting through the forest like falling stars.I barely saw it—just a blur of blue and gold, then a body soaring through the air.“LYSANDER!”I ran. Fast. Too fast.My feet barely touched the ground as I pushed through tangled roots and flaming debris. Trees snapped like twigs under rogue bodies, and more witches dropped from the skies, their wings stitched with corrupted sigils. This wasn’t a battle anymore. It was an execution. A massacre.And at the heart of it all… lay him.His body sprawled against a tree, blood soaking through his chest—so much of it, too red, too fast. Witchbane.I crashed beside him, knees buckling, the world spinning around me.“No,” I gasped, shaking him. “Lysander, no, no, no…”His breathing was shallow, barely a whisper. Bl
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