It wasn’t just absence of light it was pressure, weight, suffocating energy pressing against every fiber of my being. The shadow vortex from the Guardian had consumed us completely. I could feel Theodore’s golden energy pulsing faintly beside me, but even that was dimmed under the overwhelming darkness.I gasped, wings trembling. “Theodore… I… I can’t ”“Yes, you can,” he growled, voice distant but firm. “I’m with you. Focus… breathe…”I closed my eyes, forcing my mind to steady. Deep in my chest, my Blood Heir energy throbbed, screaming to be unleashed. Every memory of pain, fear, and rage the abuse from Alpha Ash, the constant survival in the Blue Lake Pack, the battles fought and won it all surged through me.This is why you were chosen, the Blood Heir’s voice whispered in my mind. Everything you have endured leads to this moment.I inhaled sharply, letting every ounce of energy flow through me. My silver wings flared inside the darkness, energy spiraling outward in violent arcs, p
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