The Man I Once Refused
She had awakened forces she barely understood, yet somehow, instinctively, she knew she could harness them.
Ryan Blackthorne was already awake, perched on a jagged stone near the temple ruins, his eyes scanning the thickening forest with hawk-like precision. Even in the soft dawn light, the angles of his face were sharp, his expression a mixture of exhaustion, vigilance, and determination. He looked every bit the man Amelia had once refused, yet now more commanding, more alive than she had ever remembered.
“You’ve been watching the forest for hours,” Amelia said softly, not wanting to startle him.
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