LILA’S POV
The voices didn’t stop.
They didn’t fade.
They grew.
Even through reinforced walls, through layers of magic meant to silence everything beyond this cage… I could still hear them.
Shouting.
Demanding.
Fighting.
For me.
For themselves.
For something bigger than all of us.
I stood at the edge of the barrier, my palm hovering just above the glowing runes. The energy pulsed beneath my skin, reacting to theirs… like it wanted to break through, to answer them.
To reach them.
“You feel it too,” Davian said quietly.
I didn’t look at him.
“I feel everything,” I replied.
And it was the truth.
Every heartbeat.
Every flicker of anger.
Every spark of hope.
It echoed inside me like something alive.
Something growing.
Something I wasn’t sure I could control.
“They’re not
