Elena's PovI witnessed conflicts. Witnessed victories. Witnessed the Covenant pursuing us across eras. Witnessed elderly women dropping individually, their strength taking their lives, cutting it short.Saw my mother's death through her own eyes. Saw her final moments, holding a baby, holding me, and begging my father to keep me safe.*Run* she panted. *Get her away, from this place. Allow her to be normal. Allow her to live freely.*However I was not typical.. I was never meant to be free.Not for as long as the Covenant was around.The images vanished. I rose carefully, every fiber shaking. My reflection in the mirror revealed eyes shining silver, hair that appeared to flow with a breeze.I resembled my mother. Just, like every Torres woman who had preceded me.I understood, with absolute clarity derived from centuries of ancestral recollection, precisely how to wield this power.I approached the window. Below, the fight was intense. Andrew found himself encircled by three hunters a
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