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The air grew colder as Elyra and Dain pressed deeper into the forest. A sinister stillness enveloped the trees, and every shadow seemed alive. Elyra's grief dulled her senses, leaving her steps sluggish and her focus fractured. "We should rest soon," Dain suggested, glancing at the fading sunlight.

Elyra nodded absently, her mind elsewhere. "I'll find some water," she mumbled, wandering toward the sound of a trickling stream.

As she knelt by the stream to fill a flask, a hand shot out from the shadows, grabbing her wrist in an iron grip.

guttural voice rasped, and she

monstrous than ever. His skin shimmered with a dark, unnatural sheen, and his eyes burned with a fiery red

his grip. Her pendant flared briefly, sending a pulse

Not Dain, not anyone. You're mine, Elyra. You always have

fury.

fueling his power. "You're nothing," Jason spat, slamming Dain into a

portal," Elyra realized,

dripping with twisted affection. "I'll take

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