Audrey’s POV
I stood at the edge of the river, the cold wind brushing against my skin. My heart was still racing—not from exhaustion, but from realization.
I wasn’t just stronger. I wasn’t just faster.
I was changing.
Luke stood beside me, watching carefully. His usual smirk was gone, replaced by something else. Something unreadable.
"You’re thinking too much again," he said.
I exhaled slowly. "Can you blame me?"
Luke tilted his head. "No. But thinking won’t give you answers. You need to test it more."
I turned to him. "And what if I don’t like what I find?"
His eyes darkened. "Then you decide what to do with it."
That didn’t make me feel any better.
I looked down at my hands, flexing my fingers. They felt the same—but I knew they weren’t.
Something inside me was waking up.
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