BRIANNA FOSTERIn the early hours of the night, with the waxing moon glimmering above us in the sky, I found myself at the top of the mountain, walking among the trees, one step behind Drakhar as he led the way.I'll admit I would've felt safer and more at ease with Amber here, but she'd spent the day at the town's bookshop-café, buried in her mother's books and notes, trying to figure out how to help me.Being alone with Drakhar left me on edge. I hated to admit it, but his presence was so intense it made the air around us feel thicker, hard to even breathe. I was nervous, anxious, and a little irritated at facing the unknown—for the first time, I wondered if it wouldn't be better if my fate were just sitting at some office desk writing articles nobody wanted to read."Ready to start?" he asked when we arrived in front of my family's old property."And what exactly am I supposed to do?"He looked at me as if the answer were obvious, but his gaze carried a touch of patience and amusem
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