Aurenya’s POV
“I remember you.”
The words left her mouth before she could stop them.
But they didn’t feel like hers.
They felt like something being returned.
Rhydan stiffened instantly.
“Aurenya?”
Her body was still in his arms, but the silver light beneath her skin stopped flickering for a second—like the entire bond inside her had paused to listen.
To itself.
Kaelor’s grip tightened around Lyssara. “Don’t let her respond to it.”
“I’m not doing anything,” Rhydan snapped, but his voice wasn’t steady anymore.
Because Aurenya’s eyes had opened.
Not fully.
Not like normal waking.
Slowly.
Like something underwater finally breaking the surface.
And what looked back at them—
was not entirely Aurenya.
The forest roared again.
Closer now.
The sound pushed through the camp like
