Dumped By The Alpha, I Married His Stepbrother
Slowly, warmth began spreading through my connection to the containment, gentle and unmistakable, considerably different from anything I'd experienced throughout this entire journey.
"Something's happening," I said, closing my eyes to concentrate more fully.
A presence emerged, gradually, patient and ancient, considerably different from Cornelius's calculated ambition or the corrupted influence's desperate malice. This felt like something genuinely peaceful, finally allowed to reveal itself after centuries of careful waiting.
"I am Sylvaine," a voice said, though I couldn't determine if I heard it aloud or simply within my own mind. "I have waited a very long time for exactly this moment."