Jasmine’s POVI slept for eleven hours, whenI woke, the silver energy was still there, but it felt different from anything I had experienced before. It was no longer the explosive release from the market or the sharp pulse that came when the amulet fractured under pressure. It was no longer the sustained field I had held in the binding circle while Tristan’s marks retreated from my presence alone. This was quieter, settled deep inside me, warm and steady like banked coals rather than an open fire.I sat in the window of the compound and looked out at Cresthaven, resting my bare arms on the sill.In the morning light, my skin carried a faint luminance. It was subtle, something I noticed more because I was looking for it than because it demanded attention. There was nothing deliberate about it. I was not trying to make anything happen. This was simply what I looked like now—without iron against my sternum, without five cracks filtering every breath, without the suppression that had deci
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