The air in the cell smelled like rust and regret. Silver bars, carved with runes that hummed faintly, boxed me in like I was some wild thing. Maybe I was or the Council was right. The power humming under my skin didn’t feel like mine anymore, it felt ancient, dangerous, wrong.I pressed my palm to the floor, feeling the faint pulse of moonlight through the stone. Damon was somewhere above. I could sense him, pacing, arguing, breaking walls if they didn’t let him near me. Every time his voice cut through the floor, my chest tightened.Then I heard another sound, soft footsteps, lighter, slower.When the lock clicked, I expected Sera. But when the door opened, my breath caught.“Mother.”Elara stood there, hood pulled low, the faint blue edge of magic glowing across her fingers. She looked older, smaller, but her eyes, those same silver-gray eyes were sharp and steady.“You shouldn’t have come,” I whispered. “They’ll kill you if they see you here.”“They already tried once,” she said
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