When the metal pendant touched my skin, a familiar tingle traveled through my body as if something in me had come back to life. I started breathing heavily as I looked down at the bright red ruby sitting on my chest. I was anxious and thrilled at the same time.
I could hear the voices around me as they proceeded to the main auction of the night, but my eyes and consciousness remained on the necklace on my neck. There was this longing that I didn't know was lingering inside me, which was fulfilled.
Hunter kept calling my name as the loud sound settled in the background, but I ignored everything. Blurred visions were running through my head, but I couldn't identify what they were or who they came from. Not a single thing was familiar to me, and it wasn't vivid for me to recognize it.
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