POV: LutherThe chains lay shattered at my feet. My blood dripped onto the stone floor, but I barely felt the wounds. Power surged through me, hotter than fire, heavier than the earth. It thrummed in my veins, burned in my bones, and roared in my chest. I was no longer bound. I was no longer broken.Reis stared at me, his smirk gone, his eyes narrowing. For the first time, doubt flickered in his gaze. Lara clung to the wall, her chest rising and falling, her mark glowing faintly as her wide eyes fixed on me. Her scent—sweet, desperate, trembling—fueled me.“You should have stayed down,” Reis hissed. He stepped forward, claws unsheathed, shadows swirling faintly at his back. Elijah’s power still lingered around him like a curse.
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