CHAPTER 34: A STRANGER IN HER SKIN (Selene’s POV) Pain. Deep, twisting, endless pain. It burned through me, tearing apart everything I was, everything I knew— And then, it stopped. Silence. Stillness. Like waking from a nightmare and realizing the world had changed. I gasped, my body arching as awareness slammed into me. The air smelled sharper. The torchlight flickered brighter. Every sound, every heartbeat, every breath in the room pressed against my skull too loud, too much, too real. And then— I saw him. Damian. His golden eyes burned with desperation, his hands gripping my shoulders. But something was wrong. He was afraid. Of me. I frowned, trying to understand, trying to push past the haze in my mind. "Damian…" My voice came out wrong. Deeper. Darker. Not mine. I

