DANIKA "Focus on your core," Kira commands, her voicesteady. My hands tremble as I press my palm to my chest. My heart is hammering so hard it feels like it's trying to free itself. I reach inward, taking a deep breath.At first, there's nothing but heat. A familiar warmth. Then it deepens and spreads in my chest."Good," Kira says softly. "That's it. Now hum. Don't force it. Let the vessel speak."I draw in a shaky breath and part my lips.The sound that slips out is soft at first. Barely more than a breath. It vibrates in my throat, unfamiliar and wrong, as if my body remembers a language my mind never learned.I gasp, my knees buckling, and suddenly I'm not there anymore.I see him.A ten-year-old boy with his wrists bound in a basement that smells like blood. His face is bruised, blood is crusted at his lip, and his eyes are too old for his small body. He's moaning in agony, his back arching as he bleeds out on the dirty floor."No," I sob, my tears rolling down. "No—plea
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