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The Awakening

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last update Last Updated: 2025-04-06 16:29:22

Amara's POV

I woke up screaming, my body on fire. Golden light burst from my skin, shooting out like lightning. The wooden walls of the shack cracked around me as I thrashed on the floor, unable to control what was happening.

"Hold her down!" someone yelled. Elias. His hands pressed against my shoulders, but he jerked back when the light burned him.

"Don't touch me!" I screamed, not out of anger but fear. I didn't want to hurt him. The thought shocked me after everything he'd done.

Another wave of pain crashed through me. My bones changed, but not into wolf form—into something else. Something new. The power that had been locked inside me for eighteen years broke free like a dam breaking.

"Amara, fight it!" Elias begged. "The binding is breaking too fast!"

Through tear-filled eyes, I saw Celeste furiously drawing symbols around me. "I can't slow it," she cried. "Her power is too strong!"

I arched my back as another rush hit me. Suddenly, my mind filled with images—m
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