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Dain sat slumped against a tree at the edge of the forest, blood streaking his torn shirt. His breaths came heavy and uneven, each inhale laced with pain. His orange eyes burned with a feral intensity as he clutched a scrap of Elyra's dress in his hand. The fabric was faintly torn and dirtied, but it shimmered softly with a trace of her energy.

"She's close," he muttered under his breath, his voice hoarse but resolute.

Jason's clutches-spurred him onward. The forest around him was dark, its thick canopy blocking out the

me signs," he whispered, his fingers tightening around the fabric. "I'll find you. Just hold

of her energy lingered on the trees, guiding him like a trail of breadcrumbs. He moved with a predator's

of Elyra flooded his mind. Her soft laughter, the way her golden eyes lit up when she smiled. The warmth of her touch when she bandaged his wounds. The

his fingers over the charred earth. The residue of Elyra's power was unmistakable-she had been there, fighting. "You were here," he murmured,

steel. The forest loomed dark and treacherous ahead, but it didn't matter. He would

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