Ella’s P.O.V.My legs were burning, lungs tight, but I couldn’t stop running—not yet. Tiffany stayed right beside me, matching my pace, our footsteps thundering across the forest floor. The scent-blocker we’d used was fading; I knew it. I could feel it peeling away like thin paper.And underneath it…I felt him.A tug.A pull.A sharp, undeniable thread dragging itself through my chest.Zade.My heart nearly tripped over itself just thinking his name.The bond was awake—alive in a way it hadn’t been in four years. A glowing, magnetic cord stretched between us, humming under my skin. It made me dizzy, breathless, and overwhelmed.“Ella—slow down!” Tiffany grabbed my arm, trying to stop me, but I ripped myself away.“I can’t,” I gasped. “He’s close. Tiff, I can feel him—he’s awake.”She looked at me with wide, frightened eyes. “Rose must’ve lost control of the spell—”“She didn’t lose control,” I whispered, chest heaving. “She never had it.”A branch cracked in the distance.My body froze
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