Kaelira’s POV
It hit without warning, not a slow build.
A full surge. My breath caught mid-step, my body going rigid before I could stop it. Something twisted sharply in my chest, tight, unfamiliar, wrong. I grabbed the edge of the table beside me, fingers digging into the wood.
“Kaelira?” Serenya’s voice came from behind me, cautious.
I didn’t answer. Because this.. this wasn’t mine.The realization came fast.
The pressure wasn’t just inside me. It was coming through. A pulse of restraint.
Sharp in a way that didn’t belong to me. My jaw clenched.
“No…”
The word slipped out under my breath. My pulse picked up. Not from panic. From confusion. From the way it kept coming. Faint. Then stronger. Like something was trying to settle inside me and didn’t know how to stop.
“Kaelira, talk t
