All Chapters of Her Hidden Power: Chapter 41 - Chapter 45

The sky darkened as the sun sank below the horizon, shadows stretching long and unnatural across the forest floor. Aria could feel it in her bones the air thickening, charged with a power that made her skin prickle. Every leaf, every branch, seemed to whisper warnings she could almost understand. The altar glowed faintly, runes pulsating in a rhythm that matched her heartbeat. Damon moved beside her, wolf form shifting, muscles tense, eyes sharp, scanning the darkening edges of the clearing. He was alert, but even he seemed dwarfed by the intensity settling over them, a pressure that bent reality in subtle, disturbing ways.A low rumble echoed through the forest, more felt than heard, vibrating in the soles of her feet and reverberating through her chest. Aria’s glow responded instantly, flaring brighter, illuminating the clearing in stark silver light. Shadows around the perimeter twisted and danced unnaturally, moving with intent, congregating toward the altar. Figures began emergin

The night carried a heaviness that clung to Aria’s chest like chains. The forest stretched around her, endless and silent, but the silence felt wrong, as if the very air was holding its breath. The bond with Damon pulsed violently, more demanding than it had ever been, tugging her toward him with a force that left her trembling. It wasn’t the warm pull she was used to it was sharp now, jagged, almost painful.She pressed her hands against her temples, trying to steady her breathing. “What’s happening to me?” she whispered into the stillness. Her glow flickered faintly along her wrists, pulsing in rhythm with her heartbeat, as though the power inside her was trying to claw its way out.The crack of a branch pulled her attention, and she spun, heart hammering. Damon emerged from the mist, silver eyes gleaming in the moonlight. His presence filled the clearing, steady and commanding, but Aria didn’t feel reassured this time. The bond burned when he stepped closer, her chest tightening as