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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.

him was dark, its thick canopy blocking out the stars.

fingers tightening around the fabric. "I'll find you. Just

on the trees,

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 thought of Jason stealing any part of her made his

to break. He knelt by a faint scorch mark on the ground, running his fingers over the charred earth. The residue of Elyra's power was unmistakable-she had been there, fighting. "You were here," he murmured, his voice a mix of

loomed dark and treacherous ahead, but it didn't matter. He

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