"Love isn’t just about standing beside someone. It’s about knowing where you belong when they start to rise."
Power changes people.
I had told myself that wouldn’t happen to her.
That Aria—my Aria—would still be the woman I fought beside, the woman I loved, no matter what magic ran through her veins.
But as I watched her now, standing at the balcony of her chambers with the power of Verauno’s magic thrumming beneath her skin, I realized something.
She wasn’t the same.
And I didn’t know if I was strong enough to watch her become something I couldn’t follow.
A Rift Begins
"Asher."
Her voice pulled me back, but I didn’t move from where I stood by the door.
She turned, her dark hair catching the golden glow of the torches. There was something different in her eyes now—not just power,
