Elara’s POVSleep never truly came.It was more like drifting in and out of half-consciousness, tangled between the suffocating weight of reality and the feverish lure of dreams. Every time I closed my eyes, the glowing rune on my shoulders bled into my mind, pulsing like a heartbeat that wasn’t mine.When I finally did fall asleep, I found myself standing in a forest I didn’t recognize. The air was thick with silver mist, the trees black as ink. Something moved in the shadows, pacing just beyond the reach of my sight. I could feel its eyes on me—hungry, deliberate.“Elara…”The voice called through the fog, low and sweet, like the sound of someone who knew my name better than I did. I turned, heart pounding, but the mist shifted, hiding everything except a figure in the distance—tall, robed in shadow.In its hand dangled a pendant identical to mine.Before I could move, the ground beneath me cracked like breaking glass, and I fell straight into my bed.I jolted awake, chest heaving,
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