The forest did not feel like a place they were passing through anymore. It felt like something they were inside of—something aware, something listening, something that had already begun to react to Aria in ways none of them could fully predict. The deeper they moved, the quieter everything became, not with peace, but with restraint, as though even the wind had decided to watch instead of interfere. Aria walked slightly ahead now, not because she was leading, but because something in her refused to stay behind anymore. The echo within her had not faded since the last moment it stirred. If anything, it had settled deeper, growing quieter in presence but heavier in meaning, like something waiting patiently for the right moment to reveal more.Kael kept his distance, but not out of indifference. His eyes rarely left her, tracking every shift in her posture, every slight change in her breathing, every moment her focus drifted somewhere he could not see. He had been watching her long befor
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