Faith POV
The forest fell into an eerie stillness as the last twin crumbled at my feet, their magic dissipating like smoke in the wind. I stood over their defeated forms, catching my breath, feeling the pulse of power still thrumming under my skin. The roots I had summoned to bind them slithered deeper into the earth, ensuring they would never rise again. But my victory wasn’t enough—not yet.
The triplets—Jason, Mason, and Grason—knelt before me, stripped of the magical armor that had once made them nearly invincible. Now they were exposed: vulnerable, bare-skinned, and scarred in more ways than one. The roots I’d entwined around them earlier still clung to their bodies, leeching away any strength they tried to summon. They looked up at me, eyes heavy with something I couldn’t quite plac
