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Chapter 41: Shadows of the Past
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The sun was just beginning to dip below the horizon, casting long shadows across the dense forest that surrounded us. The air had cooled, but the heat of battle still clung to my skin, a reminder of what we had just survived. But there was something else, too. Something I couldn’t shake.Jace and Damon were walking ahead of me, their voices low as they spoke about something I couldn’t quite hear, but my mind wasn’t on them. It was on the weight inside me. The weight that felt like a force I couldn’t control, but I had to.I could feel it—the pull of the power inside me. That same wild, untamed energy that had almost consumed me, that had cracked the earth beneath my feet when I unleashed it. It was there, waiting. I could sense it. It was in my blood, in my bones, and I had no idea how to stop it.“Elena.” Jace’s voice broke through the fog in my mind.I blinked, coming back to reality. I looked up to find him standing in front of me, his eyes scanning my face, searching for something
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The air was thick with the scent of damp earth and the metallic tang of blood. The battle had ended, but the echoes of it still clung to the night like an unshakable weight.Elena stood between Jace and Damon, her chest rising and falling with ragged breaths. The power that had surged through her moments ago still crackled beneath her skin, simmering just below the surface. It had been intoxicating, dangerous—and yet, it had been hers. For the first time, she had claimed it, not as a burden, but as a part of who she was.Jace's golden eyes studied her, concern shadowing their usual fire. "Are you okay?" he asked, his voice a careful balance between relief and restraint.Elena swallowed hard, nodding. "I think so."But the truth was, she wasn’t sure.Something had changed inside her in that cursed chamber. She could still feel the whispers clawing at the edges of her mind, a lingering presence that refused to fade completely.Damon let out a breath, his stance tense as he wiped the blo
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The air still felt different.Even as I walked away, my skin prickled with awareness, like something had latched onto me. Like someone was still watching.I exhaled sharply, shaking it off. Get a grip, Elena.Claire didn’t notice my distraction as she prattled on beside me, launching into another one of her daily updates on school gossip. I tried to focus—really, I did—but my mind kept circling back.Jace Wolfe.The name felt wrong in my head, like I shouldn’t be saying it yet. Like it belonged to someone I already knew.I slid into my seat in English class, forcing myself to focus. The whiteboard, the students chatting around me, the distant hum of lockers slamming in the hallway—normal things.Then the door opened.The hush that fell over the room was almost unnatural.I knew without looking.A slow wave of something hot and electric crawled over my skin, the same sensation I’d felt in the ha
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Jace didn’t speak right away. The moment the others vanished into the shadows, he just stood there—chest rising and falling, muscles locked tight. The glow in his eyes hadn’t fully faded, and neither had the tension in his stance. I could still hear it. That low, guttural growl that had torn from his throat just moments ago. I should have run. Any sane person would have. But instead, I stayed frozen, heart hammering, breath shallow, staring at the boy who wasn’t just a boy. The boy who had shifted right in front of me. The boy who had just saved my life. My voice barely worked. “What—” Jace turned sharply away, hands raking through his hair. “I didn’t want you to see that.” My stomach clenched. “Well, I did.” My voice shook. “And now you have to tell me what the hell is going on.” His jaw flexed. “Elena—” “No.” I took a step forward, fingers curling into fists. “Don’t Elena me. I just watched you—” I swallowed hard. “I just watched you turn into a wolf.” He flinched. Bu
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