The Choice Elena stood frozen at the edge of the battlefield, her heart hammering against her ribs like a caged wolf. Damien’s form lay crumpled, blood soaking the earth beneath him, and every instinct screamed at her to run to him, to hold him, to protect him. But the hunter moved with a precision that chilled her blood, eyes locked on the twins, who were barely keeping themselves upright amidst the chaos. Fire and dust swirled around her, fragments of trees and rubble flying in the wind, and she realized the magnitude of the choice before her. Every second she delayed, someone would die, and she could not save them all.Her mind raced, calculating odds, weighing lives against her instincts, and the twins’ glowing marks burned brighter, sensing the threat she could not yet fully confront. She could feel Damien’s presence, faint yet tethering her to the possibility of failure, and it broke her resolve in ways words could never describe. But the hunter was relentless, its ancient
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