The hidden chamber throbbed with deadly silence, its rune-etched walls faintly glowing as Iris laid Anana’s limp form upon a bed draped with silken sheets. Iris’s brows furrowed; She could feel it… the torrents of raw power leaking from Anana’s body like cracks in a dam about to burst. Anana’s chest heaved in a violent rhythm, her lips parted in shallow gasps, her limbs twitching uncontrollably. Sweat beaded across her brow and soaked her outfit. But it wasn’t just exhaustion… something far deeper stirred inside her. The energy bleeding from Anana was no longer subtle. It poured off her in waves, invisible yet heavy, rattling the air itself. Her body vibrated violently as though torn between two forces. Iris’s sharp eyes widened… Anana’s wolf was trying to break through, clawing against

